Here's a solution. Because Adobe didn't release this for AS3, I built it into FTML a few years back!
1. RSL support - FMTL will load any swf as an RSL and allow you call any method or construct any class using your swf file. 2. MXML web compiler - FTML will allow you compile mxml code directly on the HTML page - and it works as you would expect, similar to Flash Builder where you only need to define the namespace of the class. Most of what I just said can be found here: http://reshapemedia.com/ftml/learn/runtime-libraries/ 3. Web based AS3 - FTML has multiple scripting support where you can (1) write code in javascript and pass data between js and flash, (2) write pure AS3 code (like Java so flash.display.DisplayOjbect not DisplayObject) 4. All flash code is IN THE BROWSER, NO COMPILING - only refresh and go! 5. PHP and flash - FTML is a markup so you can use it just like HTML with PHP no extra config required: http://reshapemedia.com/ftml/learn/php-to-flash/ 6. Javascript and flash - fastest integration possible: http://reshapemedia.com/ftml/learn/javascript-to-flash/ Remember FTML is free - so try it with your swf and see for your self. Support is there for 4.6, 4.11 support will come in 2013. Any questions or comments - mrr...@reshapemedia.com (fastest way to get in touch). On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 10:21 AM, David Coleman < david_coleman_...@hotmail.com> wrote: > For what it's worth, I've often shared the opinion that AS3 would be an > ideal server language. Strongly structured, native events which in my > opinion is a world better than java. In my mind the language itself is > mature, and elegant and the only thing missing is a strong set of database > access libs to work as a web service. > > as far as how you would implement it as a platform, I always pictured that > the ideal situation would be a worker based solution, using workers for db > access and a mxml approach for html files, similar to how php can script a > page, with the mxml components implemented similar to how CakePHP > implements an "element". we can use a flag like <?mx ..... ?> > > ie: > > index.mhtm: > <html> > <?mx > this.addHere( > HeadElementFactory.getHeadFor(this) > ); > ?> > ... > </html> > > sure this is a fast ugly incomplete example, but what i have defined more > clear in my head is how we would do the server > > inside an mhtm file we can directly call a server component like: > > (Server.getService(FacebookService) as > IFacebookService).getFriends(onFriendsResult); > > we would then be able to pass the data to an mhtm element and using > jQuery-ish selectors inject the data into the dom of the parent page, or > better yet invent some kind of "anchor" class that we can use in the result > handler to build html directly on the server, inserting content at a given > tagged point of the dom. and build out the dom prior to serving the page to > the browser. > > In terms of mapping a REST (for instance) call, > > Server.mapService('{locale}/{controller}/{method}/[named]/{argv}') > > again, much, much definition is lacking... but i've given this great > thought over the years. > > I have long thought that AS3 as a language has a UNIQUE advantage over > other server languages. The SWF encapsulation is a tricky technical > challenge, and the creation of a stable and robust web service framework > would obviously be a big task. > > but I just thought that maybe, just maybe, it's worth just throwing this > out there for anyone who might have similar ideas to build on! > > So anyway, hope you all like my fantasy server idea... maybe i'm full of > it... maybe i'm actually on to something. but I've always had this idea > kicking around and it seems i'm not the only one! > > Best Regards! > Dave > > > > Subject: Re: AS3 on the server > > From: harbs.li...@gmail.com > > Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 15:49:26 +0200 > > To: dev@flex.apache.org > > > > Of course, the links on that blog post seem to indicate that it was > supposed to have been rolled into Coldfusion. > > > > So I assume that's a non-starter… > > > > On Dec 2, 2013, at 3:43 PM, Harbs wrote: > > > > > It was MAX 2008: > > > > http://www.jonnymac.com/blog/2008/11/18/max-2008-sneak-peek-actionscript-3-as-a-server-side-language/ > > > > > > On Dec 2, 2013, at 3:29 PM, jude wrote: > > > > > >> I'm glad to see there are others out there but from what I remember > it was > > >> an Adobe project. I think it was mentioned at an Adobe Max or 360 Flex > > >> conference. The point was that node js is gaining popularity and it's > using > > >> JS. I thought if there was something on on the server in AS3 then > maybe > > >> node.js could use that. > > >> > > >> > > >> On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Petr Svoboda <wor...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> > > >>> or maybe this: > > >>> https://code.google.com/p/redtamarin/wiki/RunningShellScripts > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:06 PM, jude <flexcapaci...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> At one time there was talk about AS3 on the server. With node.js > you can > > >>>> use JS on the server. What happened to that project? Is it > something can > > >>> be > > >>>> donated to Apache? > > >>>> > > >>> > > > > > > > -- Mr. Rich Reshape Media: http://www.reshapemedia.com
