Tutorial: Flash remoting. the definitive guide

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Flash remoting. the definitive guide

Part I: Remoting Fundamentals Chapter 1. Introduction to Flash Remoting 1.1 What Is Flash Remoting? 1.2 How Does Flash Remoting Work? 1.3 Benefits 1.4 Flash Remoting Requirements 1.5 Supported Platforms 1.6 Hello World 1.7 Workflow Example 1.8 Architecture for Flash Remoting Applications 1.9 Wrapping Up Chapter 2. Installing, Configuring, and Using Flash Remoting 2.1 Installing Flash Remoting 2.2 Naming Your Services 2.3 The Authoring Environment 2.4 Sequence of Events in Flash 2.5 Making a Remote Call 2.6 Wrapping Up Chapter 3. Client/Server Interaction, UI Components, and RecordSets 3.1 User Interface Components 3.2 Flash UI Components Set 2 and Flash Charting Controls 3.3 Macromedia's DRK 3.4 Text Objects 3.5 Building Forms in Flash MX 3.6 The RecordSet Class 3.7 DataGlue 3.8 Wrapping Up Chapter 4. Flash Remoting Internals 4.1 The NetConnection Class 4.2 Using NetServices 4.3 Creating Responder Functions 4.4 RecordSet Object 4.5 The Timeline 4.6 Catching Errors 4.7 Registering Objects 4.8 Wrapping Up Part II: The Server-Side Languages Chapter 5. Flash Remoting and ColdFusion MX 5.1 Introduction to ColdFusion MX 5.2 How ColdFusion Fits into Flash Applications 5.3 Service Name Mappings 5.4 ColdFusion Pages Versus ColdFusion Components 5.5 Loading Query Data Incrementally 5.6 ColdFusion Security: Authenticating Users 5.7 Updating Data on the Server 5.8 Wrapping Up Chapter 6. Server-Side ActionScript 6.1 What Is Server-Side ActionScript? 6.2 The CF Object 6.3 When to Use Server-Side ActionScript 6.4 Datatype Conversions 6.5 Handling Errors with try/catch 6.6 Extending Server-Side ActionScript with Java 6.7 Wrapping Up Chapter 7. Flash Remoting and Java 7.1 The Flash Remoting Gateway 7.2 Supported Platforms 7.3 Setting Up Flash Remoting for J2EE 7.4 Service Types 7.5 Datatype Conversions 7.6 Service Lookup 7.7 Invoking Service Methods 7.8 Architecture and Design 7.9 Referencing the Request and Session 7.10 Saving and Sharing State 7.11 Databinding 7.12 Security 7.13 OpenAMF 7.14 Wrapping Up Chapter 8. Flash Remoting and .NET 8.1 Overview of .NET 8.2 Connecting to .NET 8.3 Datatype Conversions 8.4 Database Access with ADO.NET 8.5 State Management 8.6 Error Handling in Flash Remoting with .NET 8.7 Wrapping Up Chapter 9. Flash Remoting and PHP 9.1 Introduction to PHP 9.2 Installing AMFPHP 9.3 Datatype Conversions 9.4 Using AMFPHP with Web Services 9.5 Using AMFPHP with PHP Classes 9.6 Working with a Database 9.7 Wrapping Up Part III: Advanced Flash Remoting Chapter 10. Calling Web Services from Flash Remoting 10.1 What Is a Web Service? 10.2 Why Use Flash Remoting? 10.3 Web Services from a ColdFusion Server 10.4 Web Services from an ASP.NET Server 10.5 Wrapping J2EE and JRun Web Services 10.6 Web Services from PHP 10.7 BabelFish Web Service 10.8 Datatype Conversions 10.9 Creating a Flash MX Web Service Extension 10.10 Wrapping Up Chapter 11. Extending Objects and UI Controls 11.1 Principles Behind UI Components 11.2 DataProviderClass and DataGlue 11.3 Enhancing a Standard Control 11.4 Enhancing the RecordSet Class for Interactivity 11.5 Adding Validation to a TextField 11.6 Wrapping Up Chapter 12. Flash Remoting Best Practices 12.1 Separation of Tasks 12.2 Separation of Functionality 12.3 Server-Proofing the Application 12.4 Component Use 12.5 Clean API 12.6 Loops and Repeated Operations 12.7 OOP or Not OOP 12.8 ColdFusion RecordSets 12.9 Implementing Caching 12.10 What to Walk Away With 12.11 Wrapping Up Chapter 13. Testing and Debugging 13.1 Debugging Flash Remoting Applications 13.2 Trapping Errors 13.3 The Flash ActionScript Debugger 13.4 NetConnection Debugger 13.5 NetDebug.as 13.6 Trace Debugging 13.7 Testing Server-Side Code 13.8 Using a TCP Trace Utility 13.9 Debugging SQL Code 13.10 Wrapping Up Chapter 14. Real-World Application 14.1 General Considerations 14.2 Requirements 14.3 Specifications 14.4 The Modules 14.5 Flash Remoting Code 14.6 Testing and Debugging 14.7 Completed Application 14.8 Future Expansion 14.9 Wrapping Up Chapter 15. Flash Remoting API 15.1 Entry Headings DataGlue Object DataGlue.bindFormatFunction( ) DataGlue.bindFormatStrings( ) NetConnection Class NetConnection.addHeader( ) NetConnection.call( ) NetConnection.clone( ) NetConnection.close( ) NetConnection.connect( ) NetConnection.getDebugConfig( ) NetConnection.getDebugId( ) NetConnection.getService( ) NetConnection.ReplaceGatewayUrl( ) NetConnection.RequestPersistentHeader( ) NetConnection.setCredentials( ) NetConnection.setDebugId( ) NetConnection.trace( ) NetDebug Object NetDebug.trace( ) NetDebugConfig Class NetDebugConfig.getDebug( ) NetDebugConfig.setDebug( ) NetServices Object NetServices.createGatewayConnection( ) NetServices.getVersion( ) NetServices.setDefaultGateway( ) RecordSet Class RecordSet.addItem( ) RecordSet.addItemAt( ) RecordSet.addView( ) RecordSet.filter( ) RecordSet.getColumnNames( ) RecordSet.getItemAt( ) RecordSet.getItemID( ) RecordSet.getLength( ) RecordSet.getNumberAvailable( ) RecordSet.isFullyPopulated( ) RecordSet.isLocal( ) RecordSet.removeAll( ) RecordSet.removeItemAt( ) RecordSet.replaceItemAt( ) RecordSet.setDeliveryMode( ) RecordSet.setField( ) RecordSet.sort( ) RecordSet.sortItemsBy( ) Part IV: Appendixes Appendix A. ActionScript Datatype Conversion A.1 ColdFusion Datatype Conversion A.2 Java Datatype Conversion A.3 C# Datatype Conversion A.4 Visual Basic Datatype Conversion A.5 PHP Datatype Conversion A.6 SOAP Datatype Conversion Appendix B. Books and Online Resources B.1 Flash Remoting Resources B.2 Flash and ActionScript Resources B.3 Other Books of Interest B.4 Other Links of Interest Appendix C. Specification and Implementation for a Real-World Application C.1 Notes from the Designer