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My traveler “s problem entails determining the most cheapest way to visit Reston, VA and Greenville, South Carolina. Here “s the deal.

I live in New Jersey. On October 29, I “ll be speaking at EclipseWorld conference. On October 30, I need to attend a meeting in Greenville, South Carolina and return back home.

Getting to Reston is a no brainer ndash; 3.5 hours of driving from my house. Things became interesting when I went online to check the prices for the non-stop flights to Greenville.

1. I can drive to Washington, DC (30 min), and leave the car there. When I saw that the cheapest roundtrip economy ticket from Washington to Greenville is $685 (!), I decided to do it smarter.

2. After the talk at the conference, I can drive back to New Jersey (3.5 hours) and flight from Newark ndash; I need to go back to NJ anyway. Right? Wrong! Because the non-stop roundtrip from ticket from Newark to Greenville cost $1061 (!!!)

3. But I “m not giving up. There is another airport between New Jersey and Virginia. Yep, I “m talking about Philly. So after the talk at the conference, I “ll drive to Philadelphia airport for 2.5 hours, will leave the car there, and the economy ticket costs only $391. After coming back, I “ll need to drive home for an hour, but this is a piece of cake.

Am I smart or what? But these freaking airlines are getting a bit crazy. Charging more than a grand for a 90-min flight in economy class? It sucks.

Inventors invent things. What a revelation! But the thing is that often they invent things just for the sake of inventing things. Take a look at this mini motel for travelers that got stranded and have to sleep in the airport or other transportation terminals.

Visualize yourself packing for a long awaited vacation. What are the chances that you ‘ll have to spend a night in the airport? Close to zero. Even if there is a chance….how many people are willing to include yet another 5 pounds to their luggage just in case to be prepared for this unlikely situation? Close to zero. I ‘m sure, there are freaks that are ready for any disaster and turned their homes into depots with supplies that will let them survive for several months without the need to leave their homes. These are kinds of people who might consider buying this mini motel. How many people have such mentality? Close to zero.

Is this invention useless? No, it just needs the proper PR and marketing. In my opinion, this can be a useful gadget for homeless who need to prepare a place for a sleep on a daily basis in the most unusual places. There are more than 30 thousand homeless in the New York City alone. I ‘ve seen lots and lots of young homeless in Toronto, Canada…If this would be my invention, I ‘d contact homeless shelters authorities trying to sell this device to them.

Agents 007 or some military divisions like marines may find the use for such a motel too. The governments s may use this thingy in case of disasters…

If you are planning to create a product, imagine that you already have it. Yes it ‘s already standing in flesh in your apartment, garage, basement, or in case of software, if ‘s uploaded to a server xyz.com… Now what? How are you going to make people know about it? Do you have money from a PR campaign? How are you going to sell it? To whom?

Try to answer these questions before starting working on a product – you might save yourself time and bury this idea without even starting. On the other hand, if everyone would think like this, the mankind would never enjoy lots and lots of little gadgets that were created without any reasons.

If you have creative mind, go for it. Create stuff. Someone will figure out what it can ‘t be used for.

Imagine, if for some weird reason the USA would have to accommodate the entire population of Italy (58 Mil) and provide everyone with social benefits like medical coverage, food stamps, incentives and financial gifts used toward the purchase of the housing. Sounds like an impossible task. Israel did it. It “s called Aliyah – any Jew from any country in the world has the right to show up in Israel and immediately become an Israeli citizen. People with limited budget are entitled to lots of benefits that really help in settling down here.

Lots of Jews (more than one million) have arrived to this small country during the last 25 years of the last century. Aliyah is a mix of people with drastically different cultural and educational backgrounds. I “ve heard a story that black people in America made a deal with Israel, which went to Ethiopia and brought a number of mostly uneducated people to Israel explaining them that they are Jews. I “m sure many of them were caught by surprise, but didn “t resist.

Doctors, scientists, musicians represent another group of people who, for various reasons, decided to live in Israel. But Russian-speaking people dominate as newcomers (alim hadashim), they made their careers, opened successful businesses, went to politics and seriously changed the rules of the game called “Living in Israel rdquo;. For example, I took this photo in a supermarket.

You may not see anything special in it, but I took it on Saturday, and this is a photo of pork steaks. Before the 70-90th Aliyah, people here didn “t eat pork and none of the stores was open on Saturday. The country becomes a little more secular.

My next destination was a wedding of my niece.

A Jewish boy comes to mama and says, “Mama, I want to get married and would like to introduce you to my wife to be. But I ‘d like to run a little experiment ndash; I “ll come home for dinner with three girls, and you “ll need to guess which one is mine rdquo;. OK. Mama prepared a nice dinner, her son came home with three beautiful girls, and everything went fine. After dinner the girls left and the boy asks,

“Mama, tell me now, which one was mine? rdquo;

“The one who was sitting on the right rdquo;

“Mama, I “m amazed! How did you figure it out? rdquo;

“I hate her rdquo;.

Since there is no civil wedding ceremony, the act of marriage is happening during the wedding party. It was a special wedding place in a village with a huge tent and an area for the reception. To get to this place, we had to drive about a mile on a not-paved road, which reminded me of a Jeep safari that I took three years ago on Alaska- we were driving jeeps on a naturally bad forest road. This road was not as bad though.

There were about 250 guests at the party. I won “t bore you with details, but will mention a couple of things that seemed not ordinary to me.

1. After the rabbi pronounced them man and wife, all guests went to give a kiss and a hug to the newly wed. She “s been kissed by at least a hundred of people. Western wives are not that approachable.

2. All guests brought money envelopes and were dropping them inside an metal box with a slot that was placed right by the entrance. A video camera was shooting all arriving guests right there, which is pretty convenient ndash; after the wedding it “s easy to rewind the tape and double-check if every guest dropped the envelope. I was told that on weddings of people from some Eastern republic of the former USSR, there are two metal boxes to separate donations from the bride and groom “s guests.

3. To reserve this wedding place, the bride and groom just left a small deposit, but the final bill for the party was expected to be paid in three days after the party. This gives newlyweds enough time to cash in all guest checks.

4. One of the tables at the party was taken by the fans of a Russian soccer club Spartak, Moscow ndash; the groom was their fan too ndash; and this was adding a special spirit to the entire party.

5. Speaking of spirit hellip; On the dance floor, a special machine started to shoot soap bubbles, but I was surprised to see that people started catching these bubbles with their mouths. Someone explained me that these bubbles were made not from a soap, but from an alcohol. Now we are talking!

It was a nice wedding and a beautiful couple. I wish them long and happy life together, and let the sense of humor will help them in overcoming little problems that every married couple may face from time to time.

A Jewish boy comes home to mama ndash; they lived in a tiny apartment – and says, “Mama, I have great news for you. I “m getting married. rdquo;

“Mazal Tov, I “m so happy for you! rdquo;

“But there is a little problem ndash; she “s not Jewish rdquo;

“This is not a problem rdquo;

“Mama, I “m so happy that you don “t mind! But we have no place to live rdquo;

“No problem. Just move in – both of you can live in our apartment rdquo;

” But we “d like to purchase a new bed and some other furniture rdquo;

“You don “t need to spend your money, my heart and soul! You and your wife can sleep in my wide bed rdquo;

“But mama, where are you going to sleep then? rdquo;

“I won ‘t need a bed ndash; I “ll be dead by then rdquo;.

It “s time to go home. I hope finding the airport won “t be an issue. The road signs here are easy to understand ndash; they are in Hebrew, English, and Arabic . Sometimes I even get a feeling that they reveal too much information, like this one.

They are not stupid though, have you noticed that the “Nuclear Reactor rdquo; is not translated to Arabic? See!

I miss home. Will leave a little earlier to spend half an hour in the Duty Free stores at Ben Gurion Airport. They have one of the largest Duty Free areas in the world. Bringing souvenirs home is a must.

Finally, a couple of advises for the foreign travelers who are coming to the Ben Gurion airport in a rental car alone.

1. When you approach the entrance with the sign Rental Car return, you ‘ll see a line of cars there. If you want, you can wait in line for about 10 minutes just to make sure that the line is not moving. Then leave the car, and you ‘ll realize that all these people are not even planning to return cars. They are just standing there waiting for arrival of their relatives or friends – they save money on parking this way.

2. If you rented a car from local Europcar or Alamo, get ready for a research. Don ‘t even try to find the signs for Europcar there – they don ‘t exist. There are signs for all other rental companies but not for this el-cheapo agency. After spending another 10 minutes driving around asking people, I figured out that no one knows where can I return the car rented from Europcar. The guy from Avis simply said, “Many people asking me the same question, I don ‘t know where they are but I know that they are not here. ”

I asked him to do me a favor and call them up from his cell phone as mine iPhone did not work in Israel. He did, and someone from Europcar said that they will send a person to pick up my car. In 15 minutes it happened. The person was pretty rude by the Western standards.

The bottom line – never rent a car from Europcar or Alamo in Israel.

3. After losing 25 minutes, I was glad to save one. They didn ‘t ask me to take off my shoes at the checkpoint. If Israeli don ‘t think that shoes are no threat, the rest of the world should follow.

4. The final puzzle that I did not solve was the warning that I got at the check-in counter, “Don ‘t buy any liquids that weigh over 100ml, not even the alcohol in duty free. I was not planning to, but it ‘s interesting, who are they selling the liquor for then?

All the best, Israel. Back to the USA!

This is a compilation of the blog posts about my trip to Israel in 2008.

1. Arrival

2. Ashqelon

3. Bat Yam

4. Exodus

5.The Wedding

Haifa is a large port in the North of Israel. My friend lives with his family in one of the Haifa “s suburbs, and I always enjoy meeting with him. He “s one of a small number of gifted people who knows everything about everything. I always learn something interesting from these rare meetings. BTW, I forgot to tell him this little story, I “m sure he “d liked it:

A man puts Encyclopedia Britannica on eBay for sale. In the description of the item he wrote, “I don “t need it anymore. Just got married. She fucking knows everything. ”

We spent a day talking, eating, drinking and sightseeing.

Bahai gardens are just beautiful. I “ve learned about Bahai Faith, which is about spiritual unity of the mankind. While being under the Bahai influence, I took a picture of an Arab bride and groom right there.

I don ‘t like when people take photos of themselves covering some beautiful creation of the mankind. They want to declare, “I was here, and this is the most important thing. Who cares what “s behind my back? rdquo; And here I am, doing the same thing in the Bahai gardens. I was there, and you weren “t.

In Israel, Jews have to get married going throw a special religious ceremony. If you don “t want it or it “s a mixed marriage, you have to leave the country somewhere else and then approve this marriage in Israel. Most of such couple go to a nearby Cyprus, but now local businessmen are organizing mass marriages (don “t confuse with orgies) in Prague. Several couples fly there, go through the “I do rdquo; procedure and then spend a couple of nights in beautiful Prague.

In the afternoon, we went to see grottos in Rosh Hanikra located right on the border with Lebanon. Since visiting Moscow, Russia three years ago, I pay close attention to the prices they charge tourists at the museums and other places of tourists attractions. I was really surprised to learn that in Russia, foreigners have to pay several times for the tickets than locals. Even though I was speaking in Russian without an accent, somehow they managed to figure out that I was a foreigner and charged me more for the entrance. It never happened in any other country I “ve been before. A ticket is a ticket and everyone has to pay the same price for it. This year in India, I had the same experience. I guess, it “s OK when poor countries are trying to squeeze a couple of extra coins from filthy rich foreigners.

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that in Israel, they don “t have special prices for locals ndash; everyone pays the same. Actually I even managed to get a dollar discount presenting myself as a benzug (a husband) of a woman who serves in local police. I know, I know, it “s not nice, but I couldn “t stop myself making a quick shekel.

In Israel, people don “t like religious orthodox Jews. Vast majority of them don “t serve in the army. Most of them don “t work ndash; they just pray. Many of them are just fanatics that have no problems with throwing stones at people who drive a car on Saturday, in some areas they force women take only back seats in the public(!) buses ndash; the USA had similar restrictions with blacks sixty years ago. One 16-year old girl told me how she boarded a plane Tel Aviv – New York and her left and right neighbors were orthodox men ndash; they forced he to find another seat cause their rules didn “t allow them to sit next to a woman unless it “s his wife. So why won “t you get your fat ass and move it to another seat, or even better purchase the entire row to ensure that your rules don “t harm other people? It “s just disgusting.

A bunch of orthodox rabbies from Israel went to Iran asking their president Adolf Ahmadinejad to wipe the state of Israel off the map because such a state should not exist till the arrival of Messiah.

If, God forbid, orthodox Jews will become a ruling party in Israel, expect a mass exodus of Jews from there.

My next blog will be about the wedding.

Bat Yam means Daughter of the Sea. It “s a southern suburb of Tel Aviv. The housing sector here is old, but the beach area is pretty. Citizens of Bat Yam give credits for this to the current mayor.

During the celebration of the New Year I enjoyed the dinner, that included vodka and smoked pork with cabbage. Both of these are unusual for locals. Judaism forbids eating pork. But secular people do. Israel has very low alcohol consumption per capita. I realize that yesterday we screwed up the 2008 statistics for the country. Actually, people here celebrated 5769th New Year since they didn ‘t consider the birth of JC to be a serious enough reason to reset the counter.

I “ve been sharing my meal with two soldiers ndash; both are my nieces. The girl just started her 2 year term, and the boy is almost done with his three years. Serving in the Israeli army is mandatory, and is respected by all civil population. Kids are trying to get into prestigious divisions. Air Forces is considered to be elite, and it “s not easy to get in.

Three years ago, I was attending a wedding in a religious kibbutz. There were 300 guests at this wedding. Take a guess, how many bottles of wine did they purchase? The answer is two. The mother of the bride purchased a couple of bottles just for our table ndash; the foreigners. The rest of the guests got high without the need of any intake or inhale. Then, they started dancing. If there were some immoral Westerners, they could “ve gotten an impression that there were lots of gays and lesbians on the dance floor. Buy it “s a false impression ndash; orthodox Jewish men dance with men, and women with women.

Now let “s talk about womens periods. If a girl want to get married, she needs to go through a special ceremony before the wedding ndash; it “s called Mikveh. She immerses several times into a pool with water to become clean. Religious women should do it monthly. Say her periods lasts seven days. She “s dirty. A husband doesn “t touch her. The next seven days she spends checking daily that her periods are really over. She “s still dirty and the husband doesn “t touch her. Finally, she goes to this pool and she “s clean (yey!) . Most importantly, now she has no right to say that she had a long day, has a headache and other little lies to avoid performing her night duties.

So far I “ve learned that if you practice Judaism, you are guaranteed to have one day a week completely off and two weeks of wild sex with one exception (read below). Not bad at all. What do you say?

A groom came to a rabbi and asked,

“Rabbi, can I dance with my wife? ”

“No, our religion does not allow a man to dance with a woman rdquo;

“Rabbi, can I have sex with my wife, when I “m on top? rdquo;

“Yes, you can rdquo;

“Can we have sex when she “s on top?

“Yes rdquo;

“Can we have sex doggy style? rdquo;

rdquo;Sure, no problem rdquo;

“Rabbi, can we have sex when both of us are standing? rdquo;

“Nope. It can turn into a dance rdquo;

Till next blog hellip;

Population of Israel is 7 million including 5.5 mil of Jews. You may be surprised, but there are 1.5 mil of Arabs who are loyal citizens of Israel who use buses for commute and not to blow themselves up. They are pretty happy living in Israel among Jews. Average life expectancy here is 79 years for men and 82 for women.

I started my trip in the city of Ashqelon, which is located in one hour of driving to the South of Tel Aviv and will slowly move to the North.

Take a guess, where did I take this photo:

You guessed it right ndash; these people are sitting in the pharmacy waiting in line. There are several health organizations in the country, and people attend those pharmacies that accept their medical insurance.

This photo is taken by my iPhone, which is pretty expensive to get here ndash; around $1000 with the phone service. People with smaller income usually pay more for goods. I “m not sure if Apple commands more money or local phone companies want to make a quick buck.

Interestingly enough, people here don “t complain. Not only the iPhones, the gasoline here is about seven dollars a gallon. In the USA, people earn at least twice as much as in here, but wait for a year when we “ll start paying seven bucks a gallon. The US media will be screaming that it “s the end of the world. In Israel, people keep quiet. How are things? A kol beseder ndash; everything “s fine.

My next challenge was to purchase a boom box with a CD player. There are two shopping malls (they call them kanyons) in the city of Ashkelon. None has a store that sells boom boxes. The closest shopping area is Sector Gaza located in short 20 min drive from here. Nay, in Gaza I may get a boom followed by a box, which is not exactly what I “m looking for. Actually, for some reasons, Palestinians were not too active this Summer some lazy bombing of the Southern cities don “t count.

Since I have a car, I wanted to drive places. Went to Google, Yahoo and Mapquest ndash; the mapping service is not available for English speaking drivers. Google showed me the map with no street names on it – thank you very much. Found a 19-Century looking Web site that promised maps in English ndash; tough luck ndash; it has nothing there. Oh well, I shouldn “t be expecting the modern level of services of a developing country. No biggie. I “ll find my way around here. Who needs GPS if you have relatives?

Here “s the photo in the local farmers ” market. Any vegetable you want at dirt cheap prices.

I visited India in May, and subconsciously I am comparing these two countries even though one of the is 200 times larger. It seems that a small Israel is more developed.

After lunch, I drove to the shore ndash; the water in the sea was worm but wavy. I finished my day with a couple of beers. I drink Belgium beer Leffe. At home, they sell only Leffe Blonde in our supermarket. I prefer dark beers but Leffe is the best for me. The local liquor store made my day ndash; they had Leffe Bruin. I bet bruin means dark in Belgium.

Till next blog from the central part of Israel.

The subject of job interviews always interests me. What people ask? How people answer?

Today, I ran into an article on Yahoo! where the author talks about how he asks the question “What are your weaknesses? rdquo; and what answers he expects.

The author admits that this is one of the toughest questions during a job interview. From my point of view, this is the most moronic question someone can ask. He starts, “There are times when I ask job candidates this question. It ‘s not that I want to nitpick or make people feel uncomfortable, but rather I want to see in which areas they feel they need to improve and what they are doing about it. rdquo;

Lie. This is exactly what you want. You love making people feel uncomfortable. If you are asking this question, you are a freaking sadist and belong to Gestapo. Just look in the mirror and say to yourself, “I enjoy humiliating people and treat them like dirt. I “m a loser and enjoy these moments when I can feel superior even if the interviewee is more intelligent than me. rdquo;

The author continues, “I recommend that job candidates be upfront during interviews. Don ‘t say you have “no weaknesses ” or “work too hard. ” Instead, tell hiring managers what you are working on improving and what you ‘ve done to build your skills in these areas. rdquo;

This moron is looking to hire an obedient robot that will accept the fact that the most important part of any job is to properly fill out the review form they send you twice a year, state your goals, and in six months prove that you are getting there. Otherwise your little boss will bite off a piece of that carrot called bonus.

If your potential hiring manager (not an HR person) asks you this question during the interview, just say, “I often get to excited about my job and stay after hours to finish the assignment. rdquo; This is a perfect bullshit answer for a bullshit question. But is s/he won “t be satisfied and will ask you to elaborate on this, be strong, stand up and leave. You don “t want to work for this moron even if s/he will hire you.

Can “t be strong because you didn “t read any technical book during the last five years? Then bend all the way to the ground, let them have fun listening to your mumblings about your weaknesses, accept the offer and live a miserable professional life that you deserve.

Next week I “m attending the wedding of my niece in Israel. My flight was originating in Newark “s airport. Have you noticed that the planes flying to Israel are usually parked at the gates located in the very end of the terminal? I can “t find an explanation for this. Is it because the bad guys never go all the way to the back hence it “s more safe there? Then why starting from the middle of the gates area they put arrows with directions to this area? Is this because bad guys don “t read signs?

This time I was flying Continental, which didn “t tortured me that much. But Israeli airlines are crazy about security, and force each passenger to go through an interview with a security agent, who is either a young girl or a guy with a shaved head. Did you pack your bags yourself? Did anyone ask give you something to bring with you to the country? Do you have relatives in Israel? Why do you go there? Do you speak Hebrew? Why not?

A couple of years ago my son was going there for a vacation. Young guys are subjects to additional interrogations. In the beginning, he was answering all questions quietly, but then got irritated, and when that agent asked him to name Jewish holidays, he couldn “t. My wife (she was not even flying) was asked to help ndash; do you know Jewish holidays? She “s not Jewish. Why is she supposed to know these holidays?

I “ve been to many countries – even had to order an insert to my passport as there was not room for visa stamps. I “ve never bothered learning what French, Brazilian or Thailand people celebrate. Of course, Israel is a special case. This tiny country generates the largest amount of news and has more enemies than any other country in the world. Let “s not get angry and study Jewish holidays.

Today ‘s Rosh Hashana is New Year and this is not 2008, but 5769. Shana Tova means Happy New Year.

Yom Kipur is a day when you are not supposed to eat and drink and take a shower.

One week a year (Sukkot ) you are not allowed to sleep in your bedroom and need to go outside and sleep in a tent.

And most importantly ndash; observing Jewish people celebrate every Saturday.Starting from Friday evening you are not supposed to work. Even turning on the light is considered work. Every violation is a bad record in your database, and won “t be appreciated up there when your time comes hellip; So the food has to be prepared in advance, on Friday. People keep it on slow burners all night long.

On Saturday, you are expected to eat, drink wine, have sex, and attend a synagogue by walking. Why? Didn “t I say that you can “t even turn on the light let alone starting the car engine. In Israel, some buildings have elevators that on Saturday automatically stop and open on each floor. Why? It “s elementary, Watson! Pressing the button is work!

If you think about it, it “s really cool. You are not allowed to work on Saturday! My family would be really happy if I didn “t touch that stupid computer and just spend at least one day (guaranteed) with family.

Here “s a joke for you. One Jewish guy tells the other,

“Haim, Can you imagine, I was walking to my synagogue on Saturday morning and found a wallet full of money on the ground! rdquo;

“But you can “t take money in your hands on Saturday! rdquo;

“I know, so I ask God and he made for me Thursday, while everyone else had Saturday. rdquo;

People who work in startups should assume the Jewish state of mind one day a week to get some rest. In America, February is considered a black history month. I suggest to introduce a Judaism awareness day and everyone regardless of their religion should stop working on Saturday. Muslims are excused.

The Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv looks nice and clean. Passport control is quick ndash; American passports are honored here. On the arrival, I always get this warm feeling of a southern resort ndash; Palm trees and warm air greet you as soon as you are out of the plane.

My first stop is a rent-a-car counter of Alamo. The guy over the counter took care of the paperwork within five minutes and told me that they are giving me an upgrade. The other guy walked me to the car. In the USA, we have a chain of rental agencies called rent-a-wreck. My “upgrade rdquo; would perfectly qualify for this definition. Scratches and dents on the body, front wheel are deflated, seats are burned with cigarettes, three hubcaps are missing hellip;I explained them that I didn “t pay for a junk car. They left, and in half an hour returned with another car that was in a little better shape. I took the car and it was running fine. Let “s see how it “s going to serve me.

Till next blog.

Slowly but surely our book Enterprise Application Development with Flex is moving along. By the end of the month we are submitting three more chapters. So far O ‘Reilly got just the chapter on comparing Flex frameworks. I ‘d like to give you a brief overview on what and how we writing about this month.

Our writing process goes like this ndash; each of us, Anatole, Victor and myself writes his chapter and then the other two review it and explain why it “s a no go. After a while, each of us approves the chapter and we submit it to O ‘Reilly. Then, publisher “s technical editors review it and will send us their feedback. We “ll address the comments and the reviewed chapters will be published as Rough Cuts online in safaribooksonline.com. I expect to see the first chapters online in November.

These are some of the things that we are writing about:

The chapter Selected Design Patterns is a discussion of some of the design patterns and their specifics in Flex environment. This is not a tutorial ndash;we expect you to be familiar with design pattern before starting reading this chapter.

We “ll show you how instead of creating your own singletons, you can use the one that already exists in every Flex application, namely the Application object.

Then, you “ll read about the Proxy pattern that allows you to change the behavior of the ActionScript objects on the fly without touching a single line of their code.

Discussion of the Mediator pattern will help you with building loosely-coupled components that communicate with each other via custom events.

Do you think that there “s nothing special about writing DTO “s? Trust me, there is and you “ll see how we create them.

And finally, we “ll immerse into an exciting world of Class Factories. Flex framework includes mx.core.ClassFactory, but it “s pretty limited in functionality. You “ll see a heavy-duty version of the ActionScript factory that can be used for dynamically creating UI components.

The chapter on LiveCycle (not to be confused with LCDS) will give you an idea of what “s our recommended way of using Flex with such a powerful BPM tool as LiveCycle 8.2. In our version of putting Flex and LiveCycle in the same bed we are pulling the blanket toward Flex.

In the chapter on using open source solutions for communicating between Flex and server side we “ll unleash the power of AMF protocol and provide illustrations of how you can turn open source BlazeDS into a powerful platform for modern applications. We will concentrate on both polling and server‐side push techniques with BlazeDS.

This brief overview of the status of the book is over – we hope you “ll enjoy the reading.