Aral Balkan

I released SWX Beta 1.3 today and recorded a new screencast to get you up and running with it.

The screencast covers installing and using the SWX MAMP Bundle but it applies equally if you're using your own development server.

The SWX MAMP Bundle contains everything you need to get up and running with SWX on a Mac (a full development server that contains Apache, PHP, MySQL, and, of course, SWX.)

If you already have a web server with PHP, you can download the much smaller zip file that just contains SWX and unzip it under your web folder and follow along with the screencast from there.

I hope you enjoy the screencast and the latest version of SWX. As always, your feedback is invaluable. Feel free to leave a comment here or join the SWX mailing list.

Download SWX Beta 1.3 from swxformat.org.

Comments

• Aral, thanks for creating this.

  by Scott Janousek on 2007-07-18 23:40:38

• [...] SWX Screencast (more on SWX) [...]

  by Web Dev Digest » Blog Archive » Episode 16: Firefox bug fixes, Comcast wants IE only, SWX for Flash, Visual Studio 2008 and more… on 2007-07-19 05:21:05

• You're welcome, man! :)

  by Aral on 2007-07-19 07:22:27

• Hi Aral, I'm deeply impressed with this SWX format! It's maybe strange but I'd never heard of it before! I just did some testing and it worked all out of the box! (Just the way i like it) I'm defanatly going to use it in one of my next projects! The only thing keeps me from using it is it's only AS2... have you got any schedule for the AS3 version? Thanks, and keep up the good work! Jankees

  by Jankees on 2007-07-19 22:22:01

• this is a good one. Im using AMFPHP for a long time, i have my class too that simplifies the connection to them but this is so simple of use. Im consider installing on my personal computer. but the best is the super easy to install the server, and i testing now, and it runs :) great job Aral

  by João Ramos on 2007-07-20 20:45:31

• Very nice Aral! Any ideas how soon we can have this for other languages...ColdFusion maybe? Also, is there plans to have an AS3 version? Can't wait to try it out. Thanks!

  by Mario Vasquez on 2007-07-22 08:21:28

• Hi guys, Thanks for the kind words -- I'm so chuffed that you like it :) Regarding AS3: There *is* going to be an AS3 version but I don't have a fixed timescale for that yet. My current focus is on getting SWX and the APIs (both the ActionScript API for SWX itself and the third-party APIs for Flickr, etc.) as solid as possible. I'm also writing up a spec for the SWX data format that I will be publishing as an RFC as well as a certification document so that ports to other languages and platforms (Ruby, J2EE, .Net, etc.) will work the same way (the worst thing will be if each works differently to the other so we need some control there.) I will be updating this blog and swxformat.org with more information as I have it.

  by Aral on 2007-07-22 10:47:34

• SWX: Datenaustausch zwischen Flash und PHP... SWX (SWF Data Exchange Format) ist ein Format zum Austausch von Daten. Es basiert auf gewöhnlichen SWF-Dateien und wurde von Aral Balkan entwickelt. Flash PHP Mit SWX kann man von einer Flashanwendung mit PHP kommunizieren. Man erstellt ein neues S...

  by www.video-flash.de on 2007-07-22 11:11:26

• Brilliant! I haven't had a project to use this yet but I love the philosophy ;)

  by paddy on 2007-07-24 13:25:03

• Thanks, Paddy! :)

  by Aral on 2007-07-24 13:40:34

• [...] I just started playing with it on my site and one of the things it pointed out was that the default Viddler embed URL for the SWX screencast was redirecting to a different URL. Removing that redirection should speed things up according to Rule 11: Avoid Redirects and you should be able to apply this to all embedded Viddler videos. [...]

  by A YSlow tip for speeding up Viddler embeds at Aral Balkan on 2007-07-26 10:23:38

• [...] SWX Beta 1.3 SWX stellt ein Format für Flash, mit dem Flash-basierte Applikationen schneller, leichter und effizienter entwickeln lassen. Zum Austausch und Speichern von Daten wird SWF verwendet, das Laden von Dateien geschieht über externe APIs (Flickr, Twitter und andere). Zusätzliche Werkzeuge sowie eine ActionScript-Bibliothek werden mitgeliefert. [...]

  by Nachlese Juli 2007- Die Seiten des Monats » Allgemeines on 2007-08-13 17:09:26

• [...] SWX Beta 1.3 SWX is the native data format for Flash. It uses SWF files to store and exchange data. It is also an implementation of an RPC gateway (currently in PHP), tools (a data analyzer/debugger and a service explorer), various APIs (Flickr, Twitter, etc.), and an ActionScript library that make creating data driven Flash and Flash Lite applications a piece of cake. [...]

  by Best of July 2007 | Best of the Month on 2007-08-13 17:09:47

• [...] SWX Beta 1.3 SWX is the native data format for Flash. It uses SWF files to store and exchange data. It is also an implementation of an RPC gateway (currently in PHP), tools (a data analyzer/debugger and a service explorer), various APIs (Flickr, Twitter, etc.), and an ActionScript library that make creating data driven Flash and Flash Lite applications a piece of cake. [...]

  by Best of July 2007 . on 2007-08-13 20:16:12

• [...] SWX Beta 1.3 SWX is the native data format for Flash. It uses SWF files to store and exchange data. It is also an implementation of an RPC gateway (currently in PHP), tools (a data analyzer/debugger and a service explorer), various APIs (Flickr, Twitter, etc.), and an ActionScript library that make creating data driven Flash and Flash Lite applications a piece of cake. [...]

  by lost node » Blog Archive » Best of July 2007 on 2007-08-13 22:25:16

• Aral, I am impressed, Soooo cool! If you need help with design matters let me know :-)

  by Avihai on 2007-08-21 06:02:03

• [...] SWX Beta 1.3 SWX stellt ein Format für Flash, mit dem Flash-basierte Applikationen schneller, leichter und effizienter entwickeln lassen. Zum Austausch und Speichern von Daten wird SWF verwendet, das Laden von Dateien geschieht über externe APIs (Flickr, Twitter und andere). Zusätzliche Werkzeuge sowie eine ActionScript-Bibliothek werden mitgeliefert. [...]

  by Web 2.0 Blog » Blog Archive » Nachlese Juli 2007- Die Seiten des Monats - aus dem Blog:Dr. Web Weblog[Quelle] on 2007-09-01 07:25:49

• [...] SWX Beta 1.3 SWX is the native data format for Flash. It uses SWF files to store and exchange data. It is also an implementation of an RPC gateway (currently in PHP), tools (a data analyzer/debugger and a service explorer), various APIs (Flickr, Twitter, etc.), and an ActionScript library that make creating data driven Flash and Flash Lite applications a piece of cake. [...]

  by Sophie » Best of July 2007 on 2007-09-12 10:46:10

• [...] New screencast: Discover the easiest way to build data-driven Flash apps with SWX Beta 1.3! at Aral Balkan [...]

  by Just Flashing - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Flash - Powered by SocialRank on 2007-10-01 09:03:37

• Very nice Aral!

  by Oyunlar on 2010-02-20 15:25:33