# Flex/AIR and Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flex-air-and-rails/177124>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 12, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flex-air-and-rails/177124 "2009-10-12T03:04:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kreas)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flex-air-and-rails/177124/1 "2009-10-12T03:04:39Z")

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I’m looking at creating an application using a desktop component built  
with Flex/air that communicates with a site running Ruby on Rails.  
Does anyone in the group have experience with this, and could you pass  
on a few pointers?

Oh and maybe I should mention that I am doing this to learn Flex/  
Action script.

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**Author:** ![Kreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kreas)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flex-air-and-rails/177124/2 "2009-10-12T05:15:09Z")

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I’m learning to do the same thing, and using “Flexible Rails: Flex 3  
on Rails 2”, by Peter A… (In case you need some docs to help  
you through this.)

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**Author:** ![Kreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kreas)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flex-air-and-rails/177124/3 "2009-10-12T10:36:32Z")

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On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Brian P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > on a few pointers?
> > 
> > Oh and maybe I should mention that I am doing this to learn Flex/  
> > Action script.

Ok, my little recommendation here is first learn the basics of Flex,  
and then start interacting with anything on the server side.  
The book Brian mentioned, is a great book, but it doesn’t teach you  
nor Flex nor Rails, it assumes you already have basic knowledges of  
both technologies.  
you can take a look at this[1] Adobe’s site to a serie of screencasts  
that covers the start up from essential to advanced topics, and also,  
you’ll get a link to the PDF version of Getting Started With Flex 3.  
Once you have a basic notion about Flex (two - three days, aprox) then  
go for the next part.  
For ActionScript, I always used the Flex Builer documentation, it is  
the same that is on Adobe’s docs site and is ussually good enough.

Hope it helps.

[1] [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/](http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/)

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