Flex over XML/XSL
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Published
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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11:55 AM
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The Flex Directory uses a new technique for delivering Flex RIA via XML/XSL. The base document in the Flex Directory is pure XML with an XSL style sheet, View Source on the directory from the browser. The style sheet located here, writes XHTML/JS to the browser which instantiates a SWF file through SWFObject. This is the next stage of FXT (soon renamed to FXSL) and I snuck it into Flex Directory given cross-browser compatibility. I like the design because it is easy to update. Presentation and data are 100% separate and the UI can support RIA behavior without munging the data with presentation. Once the SWF file is instantiated it has instant access to the XML data. In the current design there are 2 API calls made to support the forms logic and soon some advanced features.
What is pretty cool is that any type of XML can be handled this way including RSS,ATOM and others.
More to come!
Ted :)