Flash and XML

Flash and XML shows designers and developers how to integrate these powerful technologies and create dynamic web sites by interfacing ActionScript with XML. Empower your Flash projects with dynamic content, backend databases, server-based applications, peer-to-peer, and more. Flash and XML is a tutorial that brings you up to speed on both technologies, offering clear and concise explanations. In addition, this book presents a number of important web technologies, including PHP, MySQL, and sockets. It shows how to work with these technologies to create n-tier, interactive systems that access the full resources of the Internet. Sample projects (trivia game, XML browser, simple chat) showcase the capabilities of Flash and XML together and demonstrate important concepts, approaches, and techniques. Topics include DTD specification, http request and response, SQL sytax, packet sniffers, cookies, XML sockets and streaming data, and server scripting.