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June 3, 2010
New Technology Study - Flash + XML + PL/SQL
Today I am inspired to begin a study of some new (to me) technology relating to web programming. Currently I develop web applications using PL/SQL, javascript, and HTML. This is a nice combination with some huge benefits in performance because PL/SQL is compiled directly in the database. But, nothing stands still in the IT world, so I'm looking to expand my horizons. I know that a popular web technology is Flash, and the "Adobe Flash CS4 Professional" software is available on our Terminal Servers. So, Flash seems like something that might be useful, plus we already have the software, so it can be learned for free. My impression is that web pages (mostly forms for me, no fancy animations) can be created more easily using Flash. This is one thing I intend to find out.
Also, it seems that whenever I turn around, someone is working with XML in one form or another. Any new application has an option for XML output. My current thinking (without actually knowing anything about it...) is to use XML as a layer for transmitting data from a Flash web page (form) to the database. Don't even know if this is possible, but it seems like it should be workable.
OK, so here I go - first step, make a flash web page!
Well, so maybe the first step is to make a super-simple Flash - html example:
Don't think this will work here on the blog server, but it's just a light blue background with a purple bouncing ball that goes through it once. Progress!
Posted by rossm at 8:42 AM | Comments (0)