Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Adobe hails Flex-AJAX interoperability

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Jan 30, 20071 min

Looking to boost interoperability between AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and Adobe's Flex technology for rich Internet applications, Adobe Labs on Tuesday posted a new JavaScript library and an update to its Flex Ajax Bridge. The Ajax Data Services library is a JavaScript library enabling AJAX developers to access messaging and data management capabilities of Flex Data Services from JavaScript. Users can

Looking to boost interoperability between AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and Adobe’s Flex technology for rich Internet applications, Adobe Labs on Tuesday posted a new JavaScript library and an update to its Flex Ajax Bridge.

The Ajax Data Services library is a JavaScript library enabling AJAX developers to access messaging and data management capabilities of Flex Data Services from JavaScript. Users can integrate application clients built using AJAX with the same back-end data services used by Flex application clients, meaning data from Flex and AJAX applications can be automatically synchronized. Users see the most current information.

Flex Ajax Bridge (FABridge) enables JavaScript-enabled components to interoperate with Flex components on the same Web page. The update improves interoperability on the client.

Combining Ajax Data Services with FABridge lets developers leverage the Flex 2 SDK programming model and Flex Data Services for interoperability with existing or new AJAX applications.

The Ajax Data Services library is accessible here. The FABridge update can be found here.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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