[Arp] Arp use cases, case studies, success stories, etc.

[Aral Balkan]

Hi everyone,

In the run up to Arp 3, I want to ask any of you who have used Arp in 
your projects if you could spend a few moments to provide some feedback. 
Your thoughts, comments, and feedback are very valuable and will help 
shape Arp 3 and make sure that we don't miss important use cases and 
support migration from Arp 2 to Arp 3 in as transparent a manner as 
possible. Specifically, I've got about a dozen questions below, the 
first eight of which I'd ideally love you to copy and answer for each of 
your Arp projects separately.

I really appreciate your taking the time to answer these. Your input is 
invaluable.

[Please note, I have sent this to the Arp list and the OSFlash list -- 
please only answer in one place and please respond to the list so others 
may benefit from reading your experiences also.]

All the best,
Aral

*For each project:*

Project title:

1. What type of project was it? (eg. Online/off-line (eg. 
CD-ROM/kiosk)/sometimes-connected)

2. Which client-side technologies were you using? (eg. Flash IDE/Flex 
1.5/MTASC, etc.)

3. Which server-side technologies were you using? (eg. J2EE, PHP, .Net, 
Python, CF, etc.)

4. Which remoting application were you using? (eg. OpenAMF, AMFPHP, CF, 
etc.)

5. Did your application use a socket connection or Flash 
Communication/Media Server? Which one and how? How easy/difficult was it 
to integrate? Notes/comments?

6. Did your application use JavaScript communication? (eg. Flash/JS 
integration kit, AFLAX, etc.) How easy/difficult was it to integrate? 
Notes/comments?

7. Were you using any Arp extensions? Which one(s)? Notes/comments?

8. Other notes, comments:

*General Questions*

1. What do you love the most about Arp 2?

2. What do you hate the most about Arp 2?

3. What is the single most important feature/enhancement you would want 
to see in Arp 3?

4. At a minimum, Arp 3 aims to support RIA development with the Flash 
IDE, Flex 1.5, Flex 2, AS 2, MTASC, AS 3, J2EE/OpenAMF and PHP/AMFPHP. 
Does this cover your needs? Have we missed anything?

5. Everything else: Other features, enhancements you'd like to see, 
general thoughts, anything that we missed in the questions above...