Flash, Flex, ActionScript, RIA

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Introduction

Adobe Flash (former Macromedia Flash), Flex and ActionScript are solutions capable of creating complex web applications which can be run under Adobe Flash Player (AFP). There is an AFP version for almost every modern web browser under every operating system used nowadays (e.g. Windows, MacOS, Linux). This fact is very important for web developers because they can create operating system independ and cross-platform software in a very convenient way. The software can be easily deployed and run.

Adobe Flash and Flex may be used for developing Rich Internet Applications (RIA) which are based on ActionScript object environment and which are able to communicate with external systems as well as for creating simple animations even without writing a single line of code.

Experience

In my first projects RIA snippets were written in JavaScript which resided in static HTML files. In 2003 I started working with Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Professional to create web applications that have the features and functionality of traditional desktop applications (RIA). From that time I accomplished many projects using Flash, Flex, ActionScript and AFP. For details see the list of my RIA projects.

Suplements

Below there is a list of suplements which may be interesting to follow-up: