ZamfBrowser – ZendAMF Service Browser

One of my colleagues at Almer/Blank, Omar Gonzalez, just released a very promising project into the open source community today, ZamfBrowser. This AIR application is a lifeline for all the developers who have embraced ZendAMF since its release yet have longed for that familiar service browser paradigm we grew used to with AMFPHP. Well, wait no longer. ZamfBrowser performs server introspection to give you access to your ZendAMF services and it even features test retention by remembering the last arguments used for method testing between sessions. This is definitely an application worth a look if you plan on doing any AMF development.

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1. jrweinb

   
   11/13 2009

   Hello Hasan,

   I recently worked through Friends of Ed Advanced Application Development and I would like to say great work! I have two questions and would be very grateful if you could help – I have built a site with a Flex 4 front end and drupal back-end.

   1 – Is there a ZendAMF module for Drupal that you know of? I would love to use drupal in conjunction with the ZendAMF wizard in Flex 4 and save a lot of time coding!

   2 – How can I use actionscript filter functions with a paged list? Is it possible? If not, does it make sense to create a different drupal view for each filter option and then just call that view when the user filters a list?

   Thank you, sorry for the random question and I appreciate your help.

   Best,

   Jeff

2. Hasan Otuome

   
   11/13 2009

   Hi Jeff,

   First, thanks for the kudos on the book!

   Now, as far as I know, a ZendAMF module for Drupal is non-existent at the moment but I have heard rumblings of people interested in taking on the challenge so stay encouraged. The new wizards in FB4 are pretty sweet.

   As far as filter functions on a paged list, the easiest thing to do would be to preload/load the data into your Flex app and then crank out a paging routine. The trick there is defining variables for the key pieces of a paging mechanism:

   var totalItems:Number;
   var totalPages:Number;
   var maxPageSize:Number = 10;
    
   totalItems = items.length;
   totalPages = totalItems / maxPageSize;

   Once you have those values you can iterate over the collection fairly easily and quickly. Hope this helps…

3. Carlos

   
   11/13 2009

   Remarkable effort behind ZamfBrowser!

   And nice to know there’s more people looking at Flex4, ZendAmf and Dupal.

   Looking forward
   Carlos

4. Leng

   
   11/13 2009

   This is awesome! I think with ZamfBrowser more people are going to convert to ZendAmf

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