Introduction to Flash Builder for PHP

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1 Introduction to Flash Builder for PHP Kevin Schroeder Developer Evangelist Zend Mihai Corlan Developer Evangelist Adobe

2 About Us Kevin Schroeder Evangelist, Zend Mihai Corlan Adobe WW Developer Evangelist Adobe Systems Incorporated.

3 Agenda 1 Flash Builder for PHP for Mobile Development 2 New Flex Mobile and PHP Project types 3 Using DCD wizards to consume PHP services 4 Testing your app on desktop simulator and device 5 Q&A 3

4 What platforms can you target? You can create mobile applications for: Android Devices (+ NOOK Color) ios Devices BlackBerry Tablet OS (PlayBook)

5 How do you build mobile apps? Adobe AIR Flex Framework Runtime Application Framework Flash Builder 4.5 for PHP IDE

6 Examples of Flex mobile applications Time to Demo 6

7 Flex Mobile and PHP Project

8 Connecting to PHP Services Flex Mobile and PHP project supports Data Centric Development You can connect to PHP using: Remoting (using the Zend Framework) REST Style Services Web Services (WSDL/SOAP) XML Services

9 Flex Remoting Arguably the most efficient method to connect Flex clients to backend services Enables developers to expose PHP classes to Flex clients and call the public methods as if they are local objects/methods Supports automatic serialization/deserialization from PHP data types to ActionScript data types and vice-versa Uses AMF3 for serializing the data (binary format) Uses Zend Framework on the PHP side for enabling Remoting

10 How does Flex Remoting work? Flex/AIR Client AMF3 PHP Server RemoteObject getdata(); savedata(myvo); Client calls MyClass->getData() Server sends an array of MyVO objects MyClass { getdata() { } savedata($myvo) { } } MyVO { public var id:int; public var name:string; } Automatic conversion between PHP and ActionScript class MyVO { public $id; public $name; }

11 Live Coding a Flex mobile app that connect to a PHP backend Time to Build 11

12 Steps 1. Create value object classes to represent data Use PHPDoc to document data types 2. Create a service class to provide access Use PHPDoc to document return types 3. Create the service in Flash Builder 4. Drag-n-drop services onto bindable components or create them directly using ActionScript 5. Profit!

13 A Simple Architecture Libraries and Value Objects* Document Root Services to expose Great for Unit Testing! */services is not in the include_path, otherwise value objects would go there

14 Integrating into your own application Define service classes Bootstrap your application Call Zend_Amf_Server

15 Handling authentication Create a simple auth adapter Implements Zend_Auth_Adapter_Interface Generic identity class Add to gateway Add role to server ACL Allow only the logged in role Identity object requires role property

16 Handling Authentication (in Flash) Set credentials for the service call Call the service

17 Method-level ACLs Add method-specific resource (MeService added automatically) Tell Zend_Amf_Server that the ACL needs to be checked against Explicitly allow for guests Already allowed for logged in users

18 How do you test and debug your hybrid application? Time to Test 18

19 Testing and Debugging You can test or debug your mobile application: In Flash Builder s desktop simulator On the device

20 Network Monitor If you run or debug your application on the desktop simulator, you can use the Network Monitor view: Inspect the data sent and received Check the elapsed time between request and response

21 Running the app on the device (Testing/Debugging) When you run the app on the desktop simulator, the Flex URLs towards the PHP services are using localhost. When you want to run the Flex on the actual device, you ll have to use the server IP address where the PHP services are hosted. There are two scenarios: 1. If you want to debug the Flex app on the device, you ll have to run the PHP code either on your computer or on a server that has debugging enabled; 2. If you want to run the Flex app on the device, you can have the PHP code deployed on a server or on your computer.

22 Q&A Thank You! Download: Resources: Contact:

23 2010 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.

24 Shipping in May. Blackberry and ios support added in June. 4.5 FOR PHP 4.5 FOR PHP Flash Builder 4.5 Standard Flash Builder 4.5 Premium Flash Builder 4.5 for PHP Standard Flash Builder 4.5 for PHP Premium $249 / $99 / $ / 79 / 39 Y30000 / Y15000 / Y7500 Full / FB3 / FB4 upgrade $699 / $299 /$ / 239 / 39 Y85000 / Y35000 / Y7500 $ Y50000 $ Y Standalone or included in ColdFusion Builder Adds profilers, network monitor, unit testing harness and integration, command-line build Integrated Flash Builder and Zend Studio 8 Sold by both Adobe and Zend Adds profilers, network monitor, unit testing harness and integration, commandline build Free for Education Includes ColdFusion Builder US$299 for Education customers US$399 for Education

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