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February 8, 2010

GraniteDS for Flex 3 and Glassfish

Is it just me or is GraniteDS just too complicated? I'm an expert using FMS Flash Media Server and I understand BlazeDS but Granite Data Services is beyond plug-n-play. First, what is the stack and why is it hard to figure out? Tide, EJB, Gravity, Pojo, Seam, Spring, Guice, etc..

I have Glassfish v3 installed on my Windows PC along with MySQL and I want to create a Flex 3 application that uses GraniteDS 2.0.x with consumer and publisher, possibly along with Cairngorm Enterprise and no, I do not want an example, I want steps. I'm using Eclipse with Flex 3 plugin, and I don't want to use Maven or Gas3.

1. How do I get GDS installed on the Glassfish server so that I have a gateway (http://xxxxxx/graniteamf/amf), what files, how and where to put them, etc.. 2. Do I use Gravity? Tide? EJB? etc.. 3. What are all of the configuration pieces and minimum params?

I'll take anything I can get to work locally that touches GDS for real time data services with push. I've read everything I can online including the GDS web site and can not find a clear concise simple step by step tutorial or documentation. And if I ever figure it out I will certainly write a tutorial for my blog; sadly it'll be the only clear tutorial available.

So if anyone can tell, show, or point me to the right location, thank you. And I have to warn you, for over 2 weeks now I have tried everything I can find with no success. Please help.

February 2, 2010

Adobe Misses Flex Boat

It's my opinion that Adobe is making a mistake renaming Flex Builder to Flash Builder. Simply put, when it comes to business applications, businesses still don't want to buy a Flash solution. Adobe should catch this wave created by the Flex craze and call it just that, Flex.


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