Using Flex as a powerful Javascript library for UI creation in Drupal

Submitted by mcaudy on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 06:56.

Perhaps the best way to think about Flex and Drupal is to view Flex as a specific - and very powerful - Javascript library for easily creating feature rich User Interfaces on top of the Drupal CMS backend / web app platform.

Other Javascript libraries can be used with Drupal.

The default JS library that comes with Drupal is jQuery.

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Adobe Flex is NOT a JavaScript library

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 14:29.

See the subject

Flex is more than just a Javascript library

Submitted by Guest on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 08:34.

Flex is more than just a Javascript library. In fact, some people describe it as a more of a web framework.

Who's right?

What you say is true, but ....

Submitted by mcaudy on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 08:42.

What you say is true, but the term "framework" is used differently by different people.

Flex is both ActionScript, and also MXML components. However, MXML components are generally just ActionScript widgets that have been created for quickly developing a specif component of a user interface, such as a Text Box, or Button.

Also, Flex does not really provide web server, or backend database functionality. It relies on some other language / system for that, such as PHP or Java, with MySQL or some other database system.

For people coming from the PHP / Python / Ruby worlds, the term "web framework" is generally used to include both the User Interface and also the back end components.