Re:Blurring of MVC lines: Programming the Web Browser.
by dmaclay on Saturday November 29, 2008 @08:55PM
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We use Adobe Flex, and at times have the Flex app write to a HTML page in the browser (for the vastly better markup). The .swf format makes things a bit more secure, although you can decompile Flex apps. For the most part we are targeting the flash engine for performance and functionality.
PLE! We have our catchy acronym :).
Good point about the security implications. That must be an integral part of any web application design methodology. For traditional kinds of desktop applications, that wasn't so much of a concern.
In my day job, we have a Java back end with a lot of user interaction implemented with Javascript in the browser. Data access server side stuff actually plays to a lot of Java's strengths, I think, and the more dynamic nature of Javascript is a good fit for DOM manipulation in the browser. I'm not sure I would want to pick one of them to run both places.