Flex RPC and Flash Remoting for Ruby on Rails

Much anticipated release of WebORB for Ruby on Rails is here and it is beautiful! The product is free and open-source and does really wonderful things for integrating Flex and/or Flash Remoting applications with Rails. We implemented both AMF0 and AMF3 protocols as well as added support for service deployment via standard Flex configuration file (remoting-config.xml).

From a Flex developer's perspective, WebORB for Rails looks like an FDS server - you create a Flex project, point it to an installation of WebORB and all registered Ruby destinations can be invoked from Flex. Flash Remoting apps will see WebORB for Rails as remoting gateway.

Ruby developers will enjoy the same ease-of-use and convenience they are already accustomed to with Rails. You do not need to do anything special with your classes to expose them to Flex and Flash - WebORB automatically locates classes and adapts client side types to their Ruby counterparts.

There are some resources to get you going:

• WebORB for Rails main page
• Quick Start guide
• FAQ
• Invoking Ruby with mx:RemoteObject
• Discussion Forum