Brian Lesser

Programming Flash Communication Server (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

With the advent of Flash Communication Server MX (FCS), Macromedia believes that it's on the edge of a breakthrough in how people think about the Internet. FCS has been designed to provide web developers with the means to add polished interactive audio and video features to their sites, the sort of features that users have come to expect.Naturally, the process of efficiently integrating rich media into applications, web sites, and web content is a complex one, to say the least. That's where Programming Flash Communication Server factors in. As the foremost reference on FCS, it helps readers understand how FCS can facilitate:Video on demandLive webcastsVideo chat and messagingShared desktop conferencesLive auctionsInteractive whiteboard presentationsWorkflow collaborationMulti-user gamesProgramming Flash Communication Server not only explains how to use the pre-built FCS components to construct a simple application, it also explains the architecture so that developers can program custom components to make even more advanced applications. In addition, the book explains how to truly optimize performance, and talks about considerations for networked applications as well as the media issues pertaining to FCS.Programming Flash Communication Server gives developers a sorely needed leg up on this potentially intimidating technology. It lets users develop cool web applications ranging from direct dating experiences with real-time video, to pre-recorded corporate presentations, to news services with video and audio, and much more.At last, the ability to build web sites with rich interactive features--minus the complex downloads and installation hassles--is a reality. And now, with Programming Flash Communication Server from O'Reilly by your side, you can do more quickly and easily than you ever dreamed possible.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 854
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780596517168
• Artikelnr.: 52929348

Autorenporträt

Brian Lesser works at Ryerson University as Assistant Director, Application Development and Support in Ryerson's Computing and Communications Services. Giacomo "Peldi" Guilizzoni is a software engineer working on Macromedia Breeze Live, possibly the most complex Rich Internet Application powered by Flash Communication Server ever built. He has been involved in the FlashCom community since the very beginning and to this day maintains the only FlashCom-centered blog on the Web at http://wwwpeldi.com/blog. Joey Lott is a founding partner of The Morphic Group, a Flex and Flash consulting company. At The Morphic Group Joey serves as a technology director, building some of today's most innovative Flex applications and advocating for the use and adoption of agile software development methodologies. He has written many books on Flex and Flash-related technologies, including Programming Flex 3, ActionScript 3 Cookbook, Adobe AIR in Action, and Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns. Robert Reinhardt is the lead co-author of the Flash Bible series and the Flash MX ActionScript Bible (Wiley), as well as the lead co-author of Rich Media MX: Building Multi-User Systems with Macromedia MX Software (Macromedia Press). Justin Watkins is the senior multimedia programmer for Career Education Group. Justin leads a team of Flash programmers and developers to produce synchronous and asynchronous applications that thousands of online students use daily. Justin is one of the lead developers on the open source PHP alternative for Flash Remoting. Justin has contributed articles to devmx (http://www.devmx.com), a community-based Web site for Macromedia developers.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Authors
Brian Lesser
Giacomo "Peldi" Guilizzoni
Joey Lott
Robert Reinhardt
Justin Watkins
Foreword
Preface
What Does FlashCom Offer?
What's in This Book?
How to Use This Book
Audience
ActionScript 1.0 Versus ActionScript 2.0
Server-Side ActionScript
The flash-communications.net Site
Director, Breeze, and Other Options
Flash Video Options
Licensing and Hosting Options
Conventions Used in This Book
Voice
Using Code Examples
Safari Enabled
Comments and Questions
Acknowledgments
Part I: FlashCom Foundation
Chapter 1: Introducing the Flash Communication Server
1.1 Clients and Servers
1.2 Creating an Application
1.3 Real-Time Messaging Protocol
1.4 The Communication Classes
1.5 Communicating with Application Servers, Databases, and Directory Servers
1.6 Firewalls and Security
1.7 Getting Started
1.8 Hello Video!
1.9 Conclusion
Chapter 2: Communication Components
2.1 Overview of Communication Components
2.2 Summary of Communication Components
2.3 Creating an Application that Monitorsa Connection
2.4 Building a Simple Chat Room
2.5 Adding Audio and Video to the Chat Room
2.6 Forgoing the SimpleConnect Component
2.7 Conclusion
Chapter 3: Managing Connections
3.1 Making a Connection
3.2 Managing a Connection
3.3 Reusing a NetConnection Object
3.4 Multiple Simultaneous NetConnection Objects
3.5 Testing and Debugging Network Connections
3.6 Subclassing the NetConnection Class
3.7 Communication Components Without SimpleConnect
3.8 Conclusion
Chapter 4: Applications, Instances, and Server-Side ActionScript
4.1 Scripting Application Instances
4.2 Differences Between Flash ActionScript and Server-Side ActionScript
4.3 The Life of an Application Instance
4.4 Running a Simple Hello World Test Script
4.5 A More Realistic Example
4.6 Instance-to-Instance Communications
4.7 Script Filenames and Locations in Detail
4.8 Testing and Debugging Server-SideScript Files
4.9 Designing Communication Applications
4.10 Conclusion
Part II: Audio, Video, and Data Streams
Chapter 5: Managing Streams
5.1 A Simple Publisher/Subscriber Example
5.2 Stream Names
5.3 Publishing Streams in Detail
5.4 Playing Streams in Detail
5.5 The Stream Class
5.6 Publishing and Playing ActionScript Data
5.7 Creating Synchronized Presentations
5.8 The NetStream and Stream Information Objects
5.9 Stream Enhancements and Limitations
5.10 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Microphone and Camera
6.1 Working with Microphone/Audio Input
6.2 Working with Camera Input
6.3 Building a Message-Taking Application
6.4 Building a Surveillance Application
6.5 Conclusion
Chapter 7: Media Preparation and Delivery
7.1 Audio and Video Compression
7.2 Converting Prerecorded Materialto FLV Format
7.3 Using Flash Pro's Media Components
7.4 Enabling Multiple Bit Rate FLVsWithin an Application
7.5 Streaming MP3 Audio
7.6 Conclusion
Part III: Remote Connectivity and Communication
Chapter 8: Shared Objects
8.1 Objects and Shared Objects
8.2 Getting a Shared Object in Flash
8.3 Updates and Frame Rates
8.4 Scripting Shared Objects on the Server
8.5 Temporary and Persistent Shared Objects
8.6 Proxied Shared Objects
8.7 Shared Objects and Custom Classes
8.8 Avoiding Collisions
8.9 Optimizing Shared Object Performance
8.10 Broadcasting Remote Method Callswith send( )
8.11 A Simple Video and Text Chat Application
8.12 Conclusion
Chapter 9: Remote Methods
9.1 Why Use Calls?
9.2 The send( ) and call( ) Methods
9.3 Client-to-Server Calls
9.4 Server-to-Client Calls
9.5 Server-to-Server Calls
9.6 A Simple Lobby/Rooms Application
9.7 Debugging Calls
9.8 Advanced Topics
9.9 Conclusion
Chapter 10: Server Management API
10.1 Connecting to the Admin Service
10.2 Using the Server Management API
10.3 Server Management API Uses
10.4 Conclusion
Chapter 11: Flash Remoting
11.1 The Remoting Gateway
11.2 Remoting Basics
11.3 Role of Remoting in FlashCom Applications
11.4 Securing Access
11.5 Conclusion
Chapter 12: ColdFusion MX and FlashCom
12.1 Understanding ColdFusion MXand Flash Remoting
12.2 Using Flash Remoting to Log Events
12.3 Getting a List of Streams
12.4 Using ColdFusion and FTP to Mirror Streams
12.5 Conclusion
Part IV: Design and Deployment
Chapter 13: Building Communication Components
13.1 Source Files
13.2 People Lists
13.3 A Simple People List
13.4 Listenable Shared Objects
13.5 Status and People List
13.6 Text Chat
13.7 Shared Text
13.8 Video Conference and Video Window
13.9 PeopleGrid
13.10 Summary
13.11 Conclusion
Chapter 14: Understanding the Macromedia Component Framework
14.1 The Component Framework
14.2 Under the Hood of the Chat Component
14.3 Creating a Simple Component from Scratch: SharedTextInput
14.4 Creating a Container Component: SharedAddressForm
14.5 Creating an Authenticating Component
14.6 Integrating Components with Your Existing Applications
14.7 Understanding the Framework
14.8 Conclusion
Chapter 15: Application Design Patterns and Best Practices
15.1 Shared Object Management
15.2 Moving Code to the Server
15.3 Building Façades on the Server
15.4 Server-Side Client Queues
15.5 A Framework for Recording and Playing Back Componentized Applications
15.6 Components and Component Frameworks
15.7 Conclusion
Chapter 16: Building Scalable Applications
16.1 Coordinating Instances
16.2 Scalability and Load Balancing
16.3 Conclusion
Chapter 17: Network Performance, Latency,and Concurrency
17.1 Latency
17.2 Bandwidth
17.3 Concurrency
17.4 Conclusion
Chapter 18: Securing Applications
18.1 The Three A's: Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
18.2 Authentication
18.3 Authorization
18.4 Accounting
18.5 Suggestions and References
18.6 Conclusion

Rezensionen

"Die Anzahl an Publikationen zum Thema Flash Communication Server (FCS) kann man bis dato an einer Hand abzählen. Umso erfreulicher ist es, dass O'Reilly ein 800 Seiten starkes Werk mit dem Titel Programming Flash Communication Server veröffentlicht hat. [...]Diese Publikation ist perfekt strukturiert, behandelt alle relevanten Themen und bietet eine gut balancierte Lernkurve. Das Buch ist eine Pflichtlektüre für all diejenigen, die mehr zum Thema FCS erfahren möchten." - MX Magazin, 09/2005