Web services may be the easiest to integrate with Flex since they are
consumed so easily. I believe Zope/Plone can essentially expose or
render it's data as a web service as well.
It may also depend on how you are organizing your code for these kinds
of projects. Migrating from one technology to another in parts can be...
challenging. If there is a consistent framework between the two that may
help. For Flex, a popular one is Cairngorm, as it helps you do the MVC
separation in your development. Plone seems to do that as well since you
have your data sources and your rendered views, etc. Essentially then
you would just be changing your "view" as you move it to Flex.
Just thinking out loud hoping it helps. :-)
Michael
taprokop wrote:
I was just wondering if you found any resolution to your question. I
am also looking at some combinations with Zope as well as Plone for an
extensive applications. Any words of wisdom to share so far from your
experience?
Thanks
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> We have a web application which is built using Zope and has postgreSQL
> as the database backend. We are planning on adding/replacing
> functionality in sections with Flex 2. Over time the majority of the
> application will be done in Flex 2.
>
> We are trying to evaluate the many different ways we can communicate
> with the database - Flex Data Services, WebOrb for Ruby on Rails, Web
> Services we create, etc.
>
> Does anyone have advice and experience to help us make this decision?
> We are looking for the most efficient solution from a coding standpoint
> as our primary goal.
>
