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Comparison between AJAX and Flex

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Ajax and Adobe Flex are popular Web development technologies to create Rich Internet Applications. They can be used separately or in combination. Ajax developers often use an Ajax framework to speed up development. Flex developers use Adobe's tools for development. This article compares Ajax frameworks with Adobe Flex.

About this Comparison

Adobe Flex is a single-vendor product (proprietary to Adobe) while Ajax is a collection of techniques to create web applications that is not specific to a vendor. With Ajax the following options can be considered:

• Custom Ajax (develop from scratch)
• Open Source Frameworks
• Commercial Frameworks

The comparison below will take these options into account when comparing Ajax with Flex.

Other RIA Technologies

There are more technologies that can be used for building RIAs, other than Ajax and Flex. A full list can be found in the