The ultimate goal of this book is to make you a more efficient developer using Flex and Spring to deliver RIAs with a robust server-side implementation. I also detail how to achieve reusability (via components) throughout your Flex applications. I focus on two key ideas: keep it simple and keep it consistent. Along the way, you’ll learn best practices for architecting largescale RIAs with Flex and Spring.
The topics covered include persisting data using Flex’s three protocols (HTTPService, WebService, and RemoteObject), using Spring BlazeDS Integration (SBI), implementing Spring Security, using ORM solutions with Spring (iBATIS and Hibernate), and working with solid developer frameworks in Flex, such as Cairngorm and PureMVC. You’ll learn how to bring all of the technology together to build integrated applications.
