
Adobe
Flex is rapidly becoming the preferred technology for building groundbreaking internet applications delivered in the browser and on the desktop (using the AIR runtime). For several years, Spring has been one of the most popular frameworks for building the Java back-end of internet applications. In this article, we describe how to use BlazeDS Remoting to seamlessly integrate the two technologies and build state-of-the-art internet applications made of a Flex front-end and a Spring back-end.
In order to make the most of this article, you need the following software and files:
Some knowledge of Flex and Spring.
Christophe Coenraets is a Technical Evangelist for Adobe where he focuses on rich Internet applications and enterprise integration. He has been working on Flex since the early days of the product in 2003. In his previous role at Macromedia, Christophe worked on JRun, the company's J2EE application server. Before joining Macromedia, Christophe was managing Java and Internet applications evangelism at Sybase. Christophe has been a regular speaker at conferences worldwide for the last 15 years. He blogs at http://coenraets.org.