You can easily integrate a compile on demand system using the Flex SDK and Tomcat. The problem is the compilers are not very fast. I'm guessing that the Apache/IIS module does some caching so that compiles run faster because they don't have to reload large libraries each time. Once the compiler is opened up a little more you should be able to implement this kind of thing.
Austin Kottke wrote: > Ely, > > I find runtime MXML something that would be invaluable. > > It is something that if implemented could make developing in flex a lot > more scaleable and integration with the server end would be a lot more > feasible. (As in doing HTTPRequests where serverside MXML could be > generated through Velocity/JSP and then given back to the ui) A lot of > developers don't know a thing about flex, but can learn basic MXML for > layout or simple scripting and implement basic server side operations. > And if these are kept just as mxml it makes updates in the future > easier. We can then just tell someone (edit the MXML) and you're done, > instead of "download the flex sdk, set your ant build, yada ya" -- some > aren't programmers, but MXML is very easy to learn. It's a lot more > confrontable for a designer/layout guy to tackle. > > Anyway, runtime MXML would be something that would majorly increase > scalability and integration with servers - similar to the Apache IIS mod > for JSP, etc - the only problem is that it's just for Apache or IIS. > Some run tomcat, resin, etc. But having it on the client end would > eliminate this problem. > > Best, austin > > Ely Greenfield wrote: > >> Austin et. al. – >> >> There are a number of features of MXML that simply can’t be replicated >> at runtime. Things like script blocks. Other features would be >> prohibitively difficult (arbitrary binding expressions, @Embed, >> mx:Component, among others). You could reduce MXML to a >> runtime-parsable subset, and I know various people have taken various >> approaches to this. The more you reduce it, the easier it would be to >> replicate…removing repeaters, implicit arrays, default properties, >> etc. would get you down to something that could be implemented in a >> reasonable amount of time. >> >> I’m curious…how many people would find runtime MXML to be important to >> them? >> >> Ely. >> >> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *On Behalf Of *Doug McCune >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:47 PM >> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Flex cookbook article: Flex2 XML Reader >> Can Create UIComponents >> >> Yeah, ummm, my advice would be ignore that article. That's one of the >> effects of having an article submission process that allows anyone to >> submit anything. I know the cookbook is supposed to be user generated >> and reviewed, but anyone from Adobe want to exercise a little >> editorial control? I wouldn't mind the hand of god going in there and >> selectively removing a little content... sometimes democracy needs a >> helping hand. >> >> On 5/17/07, *Daniel Freiman* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> I think they're just stating that the mx.modules package exists. The >> sentence "We also know Flex2 knows how to read MXML at runtime because >> the compiler knows how to convert MXML into GUI Objects" doesn't >> inspire confidence that they know what they're talking about. Since >> it's possible that they don't know what a compiler does, it's also >> possible they're just writing and compiling Modules and don't >> understand that they're doing it. Then again, that wouldn't explain >> what they're fighting with another company about earlier in the article. >> >> They claim what they're talking about is in the docs so I'd either >> search them or not worry about it. My guess is you'd be searching a >> long time for something that isn't there. It would be nice if someone >> could prove my guess wrong though. >> >> Dan Freiman >> nondocs <http://nondocs.blogspot.com> >> >> On 5/17/07, *Austin Kottke* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> There is an intriguing article in the flex cookbook on the adobe site >> about >> reading in MXML at runtime and using the XML object to create components >> at runtime. While >> I don't totally get how this works as there are no code samples, but >> very vague actually, but it states: >> >> "Let's consider, for a moment, how Adobe might have chosen to leverage >> reuse within the Flex2 programming model. >> >> "Assuming the Adobe engineers did not want to have to recreate the wheel >> in terms of how to make Flex2 able to load normal non-GUI XML I would >> surmise they chose to simply reuse whatever code they wrote that was >> able to read MXML into a way to read XML. >> >> "As we know, MXML resembles XML rather closely. Heck, MXML is XML ! >> Yipee, now I can easily read MXML because it is essentially a form of XML. >> >> "We also know Flex2 knows how to read MXML at runtime because the >> compiler knows how to convert MXML into GUI Objects. >> >> "But what if we could trick Flex2 into dynamically loading MXML at >> runtime ?" >> >> >> So my question, has anyone ever done this and how did they do it? I'm >> not talking about using the >> modules package to load in precompiled swfs. But loading in mxml and >> having it run after being loaded. >> >> Best, Austin >> >> >> >> -- >> Flexcoders Mailing List >> FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt >> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt> >> Search Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> (Yahoo! 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