So does someone have a good introductory sample to using AMF for download? Thanks in advance -- it's learning time!
-r --- Clint Modien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ever coded a flex app using web services? I have... > the overhead in the > flash player when grabbing the initial wsdl and > parsing it is huge... > as for gzipping it... you might want to read > this... > http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2004/11/enabling_gzip_c.cfm > amf is http tunneled as base 64 encoded data... > > I'm a huge advocate of web services... but not if i > can use amf... amf is > easily 2 to 3 times faster. (with INCREDIBLY faster > load times) > On 10/21/05, Dave Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > A few comments. > > > > > * Binary transport > > > > So is SOAP when you turn on GZIP compression in > your container. And I > > would argue that binary transmission can be a bad > thing too. What if > > a firewall used on a corporate environment has > packet filtering turned > > on. Does that firewall have an AMF filter and did > the firewall admin > > know what it was? I spent oodles of time working > in CORBA. IIOP is a > > binary protocol and I cant tell you how often we > bumped intot his > > issue in a true distributed application. We > actually used to tunnel > > the IIOP through HTTP a lot to avoid this. > > > > > * 50% percent faster then SOAP or Webservice > > > > Not true with GZIP turned on. > > > > > * Automatic object serialization/deserialization > > > > So does XML web services in Flex. > > > > > > -- > > Dave Wolf > > Cynergy Systems, Inc. > > Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner > > http://www.cynergysystems.com > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Office: 866-CYNERGY x85 > > > > > > > > > -abdul > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Dave Wolf > > > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 12:29 PM > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Open source AMF > solutions that work with flex > > > > > > I do want to know why you're prefering AMF over > HTTP or WebService. > > > > > > Just curious on the motivation there. > > > > > > -- > > > Dave Wolf > > > Cynergy Systems, Inc. > > > Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner > > > http://www.cynergysystems.com > > > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Office: 866-CYNERGY x85 > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Clint Modien > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I guess I should specify that they don't need > to be open source at > > > all they > > > > could be 3rd party as well. (More than willing > to pay for a solution) > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/21/05, Clint Modien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Anyone get any open source amf solutions to > work with flex? > > > > > Looking into this due for the most part to > the lack of amf > > > support in the > > > > > flex alpha release. I'm also guessing that > this is what MM will > > > release as > > > > > the non enterprise version of flex. So I'm > looking for alternatives > > > to > > > > > webservices and httpservices. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > Search Archives: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
