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March 15, 2007

Make Flex Development More Like ASP.NET

...or like ColdFusion, PHP, JSP, etc. Tonight, one hour from now, at 7:00 PM PST we're releasing a new web tier compiler on Adobe labs. This allows you to simply copy the Flex files into a directory visible to your server and your app will be compiled automatically when you request the main application file using your web browser. The resulting model feels very similar to working with ASP.NET.

Who would be interested in this? My feeling is that it's best for people who don't want to or can't use Flex Builder, such as Linux developers, as it really streamlines working with the free SDK. However, it could be useful to Flex Builder users too.

It is available for both Apache and IIS, and runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and you can access it here after 7PM PST tonight.

All that's needed is a Java Runtime Environmnet (JRE). This has NOTHING to do with Flex Data Services and FDS applications will not run with it. It does NOT require J2EE. It's just a simple piece of software you can deploy to make Flex development more like standard web development. Enjoy!

Posted by Mark Anders at March 15, 2007 06:00 PM

Comments

Mark it's ColdFusion and not Cold Fusion...

Posted by: João Fermamdes at March 15, 2007 06:21 PM

Thank you for catching that, João! I've fixed it in the post.

Posted by: Mark Anders [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 15, 2007 06:34 PM

This is a very cool idea, congrats.

Posted by: Peter Witham at March 15, 2007 06:45 PM

I remember talking with the newly acquired Romanian team about a web-tier compiler and the ideas about making it more like typical web development.

It is an interesting move and will see what happens.

Posted by: Renaun Erickson at March 15, 2007 08:13 PM

Hmmmm yes me likey! We have a massive CF app, and with multiple developers, it's definitely convenient to have everyone working on different pieces independently and releasing independently w/o having to do coordinated builds.

Posted by: Tariq Ahmed at March 16, 2007 05:54 PM

I tried to install this, but I could not find my apache file on the mac. I know it is at:
/etc/httpd , but I could not find it in the dial box during the install. This seems like it will great once I figure it out.

Posted by: John Barrett at March 17, 2007 01:17 AM

I have also problems installing, I am running easyPHP2, when I browse to the Apache directory, the installer says it can't find Apache :((

Posted by: pim at April 17, 2007 04:46 AM