Hello everyone,
My client is looking for a flex developer. They are located in the Orlando market. Anyone interested or know anyone I could speak with? Comp: $70-95k Role: extend our Flex-based CDN Dashboard application. Requirements (must have all): Experience developing in Flex 2.0 Experience with ActionScript 3 Experience connecting Flex apps to REST or SOAP web services Desired (must have one or two): Experience with Flex Charting Experience with Flash Raw Sockets Basic Photoshop skills Basic server-side Apache/PHP/MySQL skills Optional (will learn but need not know already): Experience with geographic/marketing data Thanks, -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darin Kohles Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 11:08 AM To: discussion@acfug.org Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] will Ajax go away (was JVM version and ColdFusion) Speaking of Benchmarks: http://www.jamesward.org/census/ On Feb 8, 2008 11:52 AM, Darin Kohles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can always build a Flex (or Flash for that matter) application > that can be put in you page as a 1px by 1px (I'm not sure if 0 by 0 > will work) that has nothing on the stage with wmode="transparent". > This application can now act as your portal between the browser via JS > using the External Interface (or fsCommand going back to Flash ~6). > Then your "invisible" Flex/Flash app can leverage all the connection > types available (AMF/SecureAMF, Webservice, HttpService etc...) in a > manner that is not easily accessible to any hacker (you can hide all > kinds of security checks within this app). > > I've always wanted to do a bench mark of this type of app side by side > with standard Ajax, but the bottom line is that the only browser > specific code would be in how the returned data is applied to effect > the client content. > > > On Feb 8, 2008 11:20 AM, shawn gorrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Charlie, my main issues with AJAX are dealing with cross-browser > > issues, and security. > > > > AJAX exposes some of the most annoying cross-browser DHTML sort of > > things. Using libraries and frameworks can insulate you from that to > > a degree, but not always completely. I've got a customer doing > > things with Google Maps and we've had some differences between IE > > and FF that have been difficult to solve. > > > > People have gotten so excited about using AJAX that they have > > forgotten basic security principles (things like validating input). > > I recently read an article that discussed the security holes in the > > more commonly used frameworks, so the issue isn't just with roll > > your own AJAX, it is more pervasive. > > > > But, those things said, ultimately I think it is a step forward in > > making a richer browser experience (not as much as Flex though). > > There are just some fleas on the dog that folks should be aware of > > in advance. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Charlie Arehart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: discussion@acfug.org > > Sent: Friday, February 8, 2008 10:58:47 AM > > Subject: [ACFUG Discuss] will Ajax go away (was JVM version and > > ColdFusion) > > > > That seems a curious statement, Forrest, and I'm sure some would > > enjoy a bit of discussion on it. For those who weren't following > > closely, he had asked first about some challenges using a CFX_google > > custom tag, and in the replies he was told that it's quite old and > > instead Google favors some Ajax APIs instead. Forrest replies he > > hoped the "Ajax thing would just go away". > > > > So, do you realize that Ajax is merely a way to make browsers > > smarter? It enables them to make calls to remote servers. Sure, we > > could do that in the past with Java applets, ActiveX controls, > > Flash, and even plain Javascript. And we could of course do it from > > the server using either REST or SOAP apis. Ajax is just a simplified > > API to enable that very javascript-based client-server interaction. > > For those who need to talk to servers from clients (either because > > they can't or don't want to involve a server to proxy the > > communications for them), we don't want them to go back to Java and > > ActiveX, do we? :-) And while we may wish everyone would use Flex, > > it's just not likely. Many will, for the much larger problem space > > it solves, but for the average web developer, it's not really as > > simple as dropping in some AJAX API calls. > > > > If Google (or other vendors) want to create a way for people to > > connect, and they want to make it work regardless of what web app > > server platform people use (and as well for those who have no > > server), and they provide an Ajax-based API to what (I suppose are > > otherwise REST-based) services, that's seems to be just being smart, > > widening the pool of possible users. > > > > Look at it another way (for us CFers), they (like Amazon, Ebay, and > > others) could instead just document calling from Java, ASP.NET, and > > PHP. They tend to not go that one step further to include CF. At > > least by their offering a platform-agnostic solution that doesn't > > require any server-side processing, they've helped more than just > > those who have no server to make calls from. > > > > Just some thoughts. I'm not fanatical about all this, and I may well > > myself be missing a point. But since this is the ACFUG "discussion" > > list, that comment seemed one worth discussing. :-) > > > > /charlie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Forrest > > C. Gilmore > > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 5:30 PM > > To: discussion@acfug.org > > Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] JVM version and ColdFusion > > > > Thanks, Charlie. Your comments were very helpful! > > > > I have been hoping that this AJAX thing would just go away, as it > > seems to be to be a step backwards, but it looks like it will be > > around a while longer! > > > > Forrest C. Gilmore > > ======================== > > Charlie Arehart wrote: > > > Forrest, I realize you've perhaps abandoned the effort, but I'll > > > throw out some clarification if it's useful, first about the > > > JRE/CFX issue, then about calling the google search APIs. > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ > > http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Annual Sponsor - Figleaf Software > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ > > http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > > List hosted by FusionLink > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------