Correct me if I'm wrong but from what I understand, it's an open source approximation of flash remoting. If you're not familiar with what that is, there's basically two ways to get data into a flash app - either xml or or a binary file format that's served up by adobe's server-side software (remoting). xml has the advantage of being an easy-to-work-with text format and free as in beer, but the disadvantage is that it's verbose and so file size can get pretty big for a web app, plus flash then has to represent all that data in memory and then there's the issue of parsing it to get the data out (which has gotten easier with actionscript 3, but still). the upside of flash remoting is that it's a binary, so it's tiny relative to xml, and that it gets loaded as native data objects directly into the flash client, so the actionscript can just refer directly to an array element or whatever.
it depends on what you need. i've made a whole career out of staying away from macrodobe's proprietary server-side stuff and worked with xml as close as possible, and for most purposes that's still more than good enough, but we've explored using openamf/djangoamf at my current gig because the responsiveness of the app and being able to load data very quickly is a big priority. -- Al Abut -- web designer, crimefighter http://alabut.com -- On Jul 10, 6:36 am, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From this URLhttp://djangoamf.sourceforge.jp/index.php?DjangoAMF_en: > > Django AMF is a Middleware for Django web framework written in Python. > It enables Flash/Flex applications to invoke Django's view functions > using AMF(Action Message Format). > > A MiddleWare is a piece of code that is hooked in an HTTP request. > > The answer is you need both. > > Install Django, > Download and add the middleware to your django project > configure django's settings.py with MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES containing > djangoamf. > > On Jul 10, 3:21 pm, "Sells, Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm a Pythonista, but new to django. I am building my first Flex app. > > Using Flex 3.0Beta. This is a rewrite of an Ajax prototype built with > > dojotoolkit. I have completed the flex side, using static url's that point > > to xml files with expected responses. > > > When I google 'flex python' I get alot of hits for djangoamf, but none of > > them say what it is or how it differs from django. > > > I don't know if I should use django 0.96 or djangoamf. I'm developing on XP > > but will deploy on Linux. Using Python 2.4 for now. > > > Could I get some enlightenment please? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The information contained in this message may be privileged and / or > > confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is > > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > > have received this communication in error, please notify the sender > > immediately by replying to this message and deleting the material from any > > computer. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
