Pimp Your PHP App with Flex! [Adobe AIR Tutorials] If you’re looking to add some pizzazz to your PHP application, look no further – Adobe’s Flex is here to give your interface some polish.
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In this article Lennart Steinke shows us how to make a Flex widget with a PHP back end. Read carefully, because there’s a quiz at the end: for a limited time, every entrant scores a free Flex reference just for doing the quiz, plus three lucky winners will each receive a free copy of Adobe’s Flex Builder 3! Flex is Adobe’s open source web application framework designed for speedy development of web or desktop applications.
It allows you to build software that’s then compiled into a Flash (SWF) file, and can be run in any browser with the Flash plugin installed. Best of all, it’s fun to use. Getting Started with Flex. Getting Started with Flex(Page 1 of 4 ) In today's world of interactive and responsive web applications, developers have to choose between Ajax (based on JavaScript and CSS) and Flash.
And since Flash is considered a multi-media tool rather than a web UI tool, the majority of developers favor Ajax. However, Ajax has its own set of problems, the most prominent among them being browser compatibility. Flex Developer Center.