1.1 Overview
SmartFoxServer is a multi-platform socket server designed
to integrate with
Macromedia Flash MX / MX2004 / 8 / 9 and Flex 2.
It enables developers to
quickly create multiuser applications and games.
With SmartFoxServer Basic you can create a wide range of multiplayer experiences from simple text chats to advanced avatar chats to all kind of turn-based games (chess, poker, pool, turn-based war games, rpgs...)
The BASIC edition allows to create multiplayer applications that do not require any server side coding, making the development process very quick and easy. Also you will find in the package many Flash applications with source code and detailed tutorials that will guide you through each step of the development. You will learn how to creatw a basic chat, and advanced one, an avatar chat, how to add buddy list, create turn based games, adding support for in-game spectators and much more.
The PRO edition is the most advanced product of the series, providing advanced tools to create complex realtime multiplayer applications and games:
» Server-side Extensions that handle application logic can be written using Actionscript, Javascript, Python and Java.
» Easily access all major database engines (MySQL, Access, MS SQL etc...)
» Embedded web server allows to easily integrate file uploads and server media contents.
» JSON and Raw string protocol allow developers to effectively reduce the amount of data transferred allowing fast, realtime action and optimized bandwidth usage.
» The internal event dispatching system gives Extension developers extra flexibility to handle internal server events allowing sophisticated behaviors.
» Extensive documentation and tutorials to quickly learn about the server side API
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