Coghead – A Sign of Things to Come with Flex and AIR

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Coghead - A Sign of Things to Come with Flex and AIRAnne Zelenka and TechCrunch both have posts up about the new Coghead 2.0 which was built using Adobe Flex. Like a lot of RIAs, Coghead is moving to Amazon Web Services to power the back end while adopting Flex on the front end. Coghead is an interesting company because their application actually lets you create your own web application without programming. You drag and drop components on to the screen and then customize their behavior. As TechCrunch notes, the upgrade to 2.0 made the interface snappier and cleaner. Paul McNamara, the CEO, attributed this to the adoption of Flex.

Amazon Web Services and Flex make a really, really powerful combination and more companies are realizing that. More companies are also realizing that in some cases, when you have big, robust applications, Ajax doesn’t always cut it. Not everyone is going to be building something as complex as Coghead, but as we see more of these immersive types of Software as a Service applications, you’re going to see more Flex usage. Oh, and there’s the AIR bit. These companies want to be able to expand easily to the desktop and AIR lets them take all the stuff they’ve already done and create a new experience for users.

2008 is going to be a good year.

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[tags]Coghead, Flex, AIR, SaaS[/tags]

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  • http://www.norex.ca/content/SEO Halifax SEO

    Flex is more and more used by companies.
    And it`s true more and more companies are realizing that.
    The Amazon Web Services and Flex combination…I had never heard about it.
    This must be really new?

  • thinman

    I’ve been watching this one since their alpha. Initially developed in Laszlo,it was conceptually captivating and technically impressive, but seemed to fall far short of the experience and performance enjoyed by users of other Flash Platform and Flex applications. I actually got a few clients up to speed with SnappMX over Coghead, because at the time, SnappMX was more stable and far more representative of the power and utility of Flash-based applications. It’s amazing to how the Flash Platform has completely changed the online application world. Simply, beautifully astounding. I bet you sometimes pinch yourself when the fact that you’re in the catbird seat at the forefront of history-making stuff hits home.

    I’m still using SnappMX and Flex, but I can see a time when it may become even more productive to develop in Flex. A big stumbling block for small firms like ours is that things easily accomplished in CF, SnappMX or even Flash are counterintuitively more complex in Flex, whilst the more complex things are more easily accomplished in Flex.

    Truly compelling: the Flex, CF, Amzaon EC2 and S3 landscape. I have a client that wants us to build a hybrid web/desktop RIA, leveraging his Amazon accounts. Looks like Flex and ColdFusion are once again, the hands down winner when evaluating best-of-breed solutions!

    2008 may race right by me, if I don’t quit sleepwalking…

  • http://www.meine-feier.de Mario

    Coghead is a good example for new coming applications made with flex. I´m just waiting for the next one…