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Reality J2EE: Architecting for Macromedia Flash MX

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This book says that it's meant for experienced senior J2EE developers, it bascially goes on and on about what a typical XP project is like. Too many dialogs explaining what different patterns are, and why we should use it, and why testing is good. Goes over MVC, Business Delegate, etc, but not thorough enough. People working with J2EE would already have that knowledge. And of course being from "Macromedia Press" this book mentions a lot of Macromedia's products, ie JRun. Overall it is a decent book, but don't buy it if you're expecting to learn MX 2004/Actionscript 2.0 code.

This book is very well done. The author teaches you not only how to combine Flash and J2EE to make dynamic web sites, but he also teaches you some best practices in the process. You will learn how to use Flash Remoting to connect to a Java backend and you will learn how to design, develop and unit test the whole thing. Using extreme programming techniques, great emphasis is made on properly unit testing each example. This is a sign that the author is a true veteran developer. I emailed the author with a few questions and received an immediate and enthusiastic response. Top notch the whole way around. Highly recommended.

This is a very well written book. In my opinion it is very difficult for someone to write a book on technology that is either enjoyable or useful. Steven Webster has proven that he is one of the rare people that can do both.

This book requires very little understanding of Flash or ActionScript and works you through the basic concepts to give you a solid foundation to tackle Flash Remoting.

Using the real-world literary device really helps to drive in the focus of the technology and how you can use it in your own company and/or consulting engagements.

If you ever wanted to be able to marry the slick look of Flash with the scalability of J2EE, this book is for you.

Brilliant idea to base this book on a real project. By reading it, you get a chance to become in turn architect, designer,developer ! A book to eat if you consider Flash as a professional client tiers.

You learn from this book are,
* How to integrate the rich-client capabilities of Flash MX, and the real-time
communication capabilities of Flash Communication server MX, with an enterprise
Java application.
* A book covers an examles to understand the integration of Flash and J2EE, unit
testing ASUnit and JUnit and architectural refactoring, featuring validation and
real-time data integration using Flash Remoting.
* It gives you the best practice of J2EE design pattern in Flash and J2EE integration.
* It's account management module exploring the integration of Flash MX with EJB using
both Macromedia JRun 4.0 and JBoss.
* If you are a Flash developer,I expect you will learn a great deal that will improve
your ActionScript skills. You will learn about pattern-driven architecture,OOD,
refactoring and unit testing.
* Rich client technology can be deployed on mobile phone, handheld device,
Sony Play Station 2 or interactive digital TV.

On and on it goes. Every trifling detail of the boring "real world" projects. If you work in the industry it will remind you of work too much.
It doesn't go into Web Service Connectors with Flash MX 2004 Professional either, so buy something else that does.