This document by
Shade A. El-Hadik shows how to integrate Adobe Flex into IBM WebSphere Portal with samples. You can use Flex to render the user interface of portlets, overcome the limitations of HTML, and greatly improve the user experience within a portal.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Rich Internet Application RIAs
1.2. Benefits of RIAs
1.3. FLEX
1.4. License
2. Advantage of Using FLEX with IBM WebSphere Portals
2.1. Use with webservices
2.2. Interportlet communication
3. Architecture
3.1. Flash Player Security
4. Configuration
5. Download and Installation
6. Sample Hello World Application
6.1. Writing Code for Your Project
6.2. Creating the Hello World Application
7. Action Script 3 and MXML
7.1. Registering an event handler in MXML
7.2. Creating an inline event handler in the MXML definition
7.3. Registering an event listener through ActionScript
8. Flex Basic Controls
9. Flex Data Grid
9.1. Using XML and datagrid:
10. Flex Charts
10.1. Using the Right Series
10.2. Specifying the Right Fields
11. Embedding SWF Files in IBM WebSphere Portlet
12. External APIs
13. Data Access
13.1. HTTPService components
13.2. WebService components
13.3. RemoteObject components
14. Putting it together
14.1. Running SOA webservcie Flex application within IBM WebSphere Portlet.
15. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) ---optional chapter
15.1. Running adobe Flex calling JSON objects within IBM Websphere portlet.
16. Appendix