Posted by: arunbluebrain on: January 19, 2009
Written by James Ward and Shashank Tiwari
Applications that run on the desktop with Adobe AIR or in the browser with Flash Player usually connect to a server when they need to load or manipulate data. Developers building these applications with tools like Adobe Flex and Flash CS3 have a variety of options for enabling [...]
Posted by: arunbluebrain on: December 9, 2008
Zend Releases Zend Framework 1.7
A major release for PHP developers from Zend. Zend Framework 1.7 was released in November – this is the first version of the framework that includes AMF support, making it really easy for PHP developers to build great UIs using Flex and Flash.
The latest version also includes support for a new [...]
Posted by: arunbluebrain on: December 6, 2008
What is AMF?
AMF is a binary format based loosely on the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). It is used primarily to exchange data between an Adobe Flash application and a database, using a Remote Procedure Call.
Each AMF message contains a body which holds the error or response, which will be expressed as an ActionScript Object.
AMF [...]