2.5. Summary

This chapter started by defining what BlazeDS is and ended with an example that showed it in action. On course, it covered many fundamental aspects of BlazeDS, including the following:

• Setup and installation

• Compilation from source

• Essential Configuration

In the section on deployment, the steps involved were discussed in the context of four different Servlet containers and application servers. This set included Apache Tomcat, JBoss AS, and Jetty.

While discussing configuration, a few of the core BlazeDS artifacts such as channels, endpoints, and adapters were also explained. More on this will be covered throughout this book.

While there is a lot more to be learned about BlazeDS and its applicability, I hope this chapter has gotten you started. The initial definition and the viewpoints from different levels of proximity are a good way to envisage the role that BlazeDS plays in integrating Flex and Java. Knowing this early on should help you leverage BlazeDS in effective ways.

Last, but not the least, this chapter also emphasizes the need to set up your infrastructure and development environment and walks you through an example. It's important that you get all of this straightened out right away before you go to the next chapter. You will avoid many glitches if your development environment is reliable and predictable.

With that little recommendation and the warm-up that the chapter provides, you are ready for a lot of exploration.