Flash front and back end

[Gloo pot]

I wanted to learn some basics in muliuser apps in flash eg: and 2 person instant messanger.

Can some one explain what needs to go down. If i had java as backend were does it go? Im not putting this on any websites or anything its just a learning experiance.

Thanks for any help you guys can offer

PS: Why cant i have flash as backend?

[loydall]

Flash isn't a back end technology - it sits on the front end - the users computer. Flash can load variables from another page which involves requesting a page from server. In that request, flash can send variables with the request that the server can use to decide what info to send back to flash.

Basically, server side stuff is - asp.net, php, coldfusion, java etc.. Basically a technology that sits on the server and responds to requests from the client.

[Gloo pot]

Oh i get ya, so whats the difference between those lanuages?

Whats the most simplest thing you could recomend me making for my first attemp?

[loydall]

Well, personally I'd reccommend ASP.NET but there seems to be more people around here who use php. I'm sure either would do the job.

What OS are you on? If you're on windows 2000 or XP Pro, you'll already have iis available to you which means you can use ASP. You can then download the .Net framework which will allow you to use ASP.NET.

ASP.NET is kind of the newer, better version of ASP.

Either way, before you start building the back end stuff, why don't just try building a flash application that reads from a text file? You wont have any ability to write back to the text file but at least you'll have the first bit of application built and it will help you appreciate what the back end needs to do.

[Gloo pot]

why don't just try building a flash application that reads from a text file?

Do you mean have a dymanix text box and it loads and .txt file. I already do that with my web site. Store all the text in txt files so in my news sections or what ever i just update the text file instead of upload the hole SWF.

Can i have mulit user app's threw a LAN? Wouldnt i just have to hold the asp.net files on my computer and i be the host.

[Gloo pot]

Oh i think i understadn what you mean, soory missunderstood.

Did you mean i have a flash app on my computer and it conects to a source and load the txt file from there. They way i thought you ment was to load it off my comp...

Hehe just being newbie