Chapter 9. Advanced Communication Server

Advanced Communication Server

Designing and building communication applications takes a new way of thinking. It’s really a mind twister to think of how to present the same data to several users while any one of them might be changing the data. Instead of thinking of this chapter as “more advanced,” I suggest just that you think of it as “more”—more ways to build communication apps.

The primary focus here is on how to use server-side ActionScript (SSAS). As mentioned in the preceding chapter, SSAS may appear to be more complex than client-side ActionScript (CSAS). In fact, a tiny bit of SSAS takes a huge load off the responsibility of your ...

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