ZendAmfD now we are going!
February 11th, 2009
Piotr Walczyszyn and Adobe Platform evangelist just released ZendAmfD as an extension to Zend_Amf (it actually extends Zend_Amf_Server class). It allows developers to configure and execute on the server side database queries against model classes that extend Zend_Db_Table_Abstract. It is really exciting for me to see others contributing to the project. Please check it out and maybe this is something that we will add to the Zend Amf trunk?
An interesting approach, it seems odd to build on the Zend Framework and not continue their style of coding (ie. ZendAmfDs instead of Zend_Amf_Ds) and I can only say that will certainly keep you from getting this project included by any means in the overall scheme of things. I’m not sure, however, I completely understand the benefit here, in fact it seems like it adds additional complexity to that which was already simple. I’ll agree that the inclusion of an XML file might make it easier to configure the services but I think that’s negligible. My understanding of the benefit for things like Blaze DS wasn’t the ease of use but the built-in functionality of data paging and management which I do not see exhibited here. If nothing else, at least it shows promise that people are pursuing alternative options to the standard array of data services providers for AMF systems.
This is interesting to me. I am specifically interested in this and trying to make it work with Flash Builder 4. I think with the integration of the Zend Framework and Flash Builder 4 that this is the right direction to take things. It leaves the model on the php side…happy. I am excited about this as well and glad to see someone is already working on it. I will look for something I can contribute to this specifically…