Flex and Alfresco: made for each other
In case you haven’t heard, Alfresco is an impressive open-source content management system. And of course you probably wouldn’t be reading this blog if you didn’t already know that Flex is a killer technology for building world-class user interfaces. Seems like someone should put the two technologies together, no?
As it turns out, Alfresco has released a Flex SDK that makes it really simple to integrate a Flex UI with an Alfresco CMS installation. If you want to learn more, check out this webinar tomorrow at 12:00 Eastern. We’re going to build a Flex application and integrate it with an Alfresco back end right before your very eyes.
Just watched the recorded version of the webinar. Pretty interesting. We are looking at using Alfresco for an internal project, but it looks like it might be overkill. Would it be appropriate for small companies (pricewise, overheadwise, etc.)?
Also, was that PureMVC I saw in some of your other projects in the webinar?
Comment by Raleigh — August 26, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
@Raleigh,
Yes, I think that Alfresco can be a good choice for small organizations. Remember, it’s open source, so you can start out with the free version, and add support etc. as your needs grow.
And yes, that was PureMVC you saw; I’m working almost exclusively with it these days. In fact, I have a sample PureMVC app in the Manifold project: http://www.robsondesign.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/10/puremvc-201-manifold-and-index-cards/
Do you work with PureMVC, too?
Comment by jimrobson — August 26, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
I agree with Jim. small organizations can benefit greatly from Alfresco. With a little investment in time to get up to speed on its capabilities you can really fly with it.
Comment by harry — August 27, 2008 @ 9:16 am
Cool, thanks for the info about Alfresco - I’ll have to set up a test server and poke around in it a bit.
RE: PureMVC - It took a bit to get it soaked in, but now I wouldn’t think about doing a Flex or Flash project without it.
Comment by Raleigh — August 27, 2008 @ 10:13 am
Hi there, just watched the recorded webinar.. pretty interesting.. and yes it is cool indeed.. I’m trying to run your code and at the same time learn more but it is unable to open the “libs”. I think it is searching for the Alfresco-Flex-Framework.swc.. where can I get the swc file?
Comment by chonchon — September 9, 2008 @ 2:29 am