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Comparing RIA Frameworks »

Here is a link that compares Open Laszlo, Flex and plain-old-Ajax. However, it would have been nice if it included Java FX and Silverlight as well.

Rich Internet Applications »

If you have heard of RIA, you must have heard of

• Adobe Flex
• Open Laszlo
• Java Fx
• SilverLight

I wanted something simple and easy to adapt. I also did not want to change my LAMP hosting platform. That left me with Adobe Flex and Open Laszlo. There are so many comparisons out there between the two, but the most important of them all is that Open Laszlo requires a Servlet Container (like tomcat), whereas Flex does not need it. In the next few days (hopefully not weeks), I am going to play around with Flex and share my thoughts on it. Since I am not ready to spend money on Flex Builder, I will just use the SDK and see how it works. I am quite interested to see if I can still continue to use the Model and Controller of Code Igniter and just change the View to Flex!