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The portal site for AJAX information: http://ajaxian.com/
The portal site for AJAX information: http://ajaxian.com/
===Server component===
http://www.openlaszlo.org/


==AFLAX==
==AFLAX==
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http://aflax.org/
http://aflax.org/


AFLAX is like AJAX but uses FlashPlayer on the client as the scripting engine.
AFLAX is like AJAX but uses FlashPlayer on the client.  
Using FlashPlayer means you script in ActionScript instead of JavaScript, but
if you're like me you won't notice the differences because they are so similar.


In theory it's not proprietary but in practice you will want to use
From what I read on the AFLAX site I don't need to use any proprietary
Macromedia Studio as a development environment so you have spend money.
development tools.


You really need FlashPlayer 8 to do AFLAX and that means waiting, since
"Flash 8 is required. AFLAX is only possible because of advances in the Flash 8 player" and '''there is no Flashplayer 8 for Linux'''. So I am ignoring AFLAX for now. :-(
there is no Linux version yet.


[http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7130?wlg=yes Some cogent comments] from an oreillynet blogger, especially from the peanut gallery, pros and cons. Note these comment refer to FlashPlayer 7...
[http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7130?wlg=yes Some cogent comments] from an oreillynet blogger, especially from the peanut gallery, pros and cons. Note these comment refer to FlashPlayer 7...
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer

Latest revision as of 06:39, 8 March 2006

AJAX

AJAX = "asynchronous javascript and xml"

  • 'asynchronous' means the client can send requests to the server whenever it needs more data.
  • 'javascript' means the client runs in any recent browser
  • 'and' is a conjunction
  • 'xml' is the communications protocol

The portal site for AJAX information: http://ajaxian.com/

Server component

http://www.openlaszlo.org/

AFLAX

http://aflax.org/

AFLAX is like AJAX but uses FlashPlayer on the client.

From what I read on the AFLAX site I don't need to use any proprietary development tools.

"Flash 8 is required. AFLAX is only possible because of advances in the Flash 8 player" and there is no Flashplayer 8 for Linux. So I am ignoring AFLAX for now. :-(

Some cogent comments from an oreillynet blogger, especially from the peanut gallery, pros and cons. Note these comment refer to FlashPlayer 7...

http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer