# Any Flash/ SilverLight Flex Equivalent for ROR?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 26, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-flash-silverlight-flex-equivalent-for-ror/144162 "2008-07-26T00:19:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-flash-silverlight-flex-equivalent-for-ror/144162/1 "2008-07-26T00:19:14Z")

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I was wondering if there are any equivalents to flash/silverlight or  
flex (would ajax be an equivalent?) for ROR? for creating RIAs?

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-flash-silverlight-flex-equivalent-for-ror/144162/2 "2008-07-26T00:49:31Z")

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Microsoft just released [http://www.schementi.com/silverline/](http://www.schementi.com/silverline/)

Mike G.

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-flash-silverlight-flex-equivalent-for-ror/144162/3 "2008-07-26T05:57:01Z")

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I am toying with XUL frontend for rails.

[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xul/](http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xul/)

On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 00:19 +0200, Ather S. wrote:

> I was wondering if there are any equivalents to flash/silverlight or  
> flex (would ajax be an equivalent?) for ROR? for creating RIAs?  
> –  
> Cheers,  
> Ganesh G…  
> SageWork - Simplify IT([http://www.sagework.com](http://www.sagework.com))

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-flash-silverlight-flex-equivalent-for-ror/144162/4 "2008-07-26T20:06:04Z")

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Do we have to buy this ruby in steel ?

I would like to have the ability to work with flex/flash without having  
to pay money for it please. I can look into silverline (silverlight  
port to ruby on rails) because its free but I dont know about paying  
money for this …

Is there an (open source or) free alternative out there?

Huw C. wrote:

> I wrote a short tutorial on using Flex to give a Flash front-end to Ruby  
> On Rails here:
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> [http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Ruby-On-Rails-With-Flex](http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Ruby-On-Rails-With-Flex)
> 
> best wishes  
> Huw
> 
> SapphireSteel Software  
> Ruby and Rails In Visual Studio  
> [http://www.sapphiresteel.com](http://www.sapphiresteel.com)

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-flash-silverlight-flex-equivalent-for-ror/144162/5 "2008-07-26T11:19:49Z")

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I wrote a short tutorial on using Flex to give a Flash front-end to Ruby  
On Rails here:

[http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Ruby-On-Rails-With-Flex](http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Ruby-On-Rails-With-Flex)

best wishes  
Huw

SapphireSteel Software  
Ruby and Rails In Visual Studio  
[http://www.sapphiresteel.com](http://www.sapphiresteel.com)