I see huge potential for Flex and Air applications with some of my core clients, as well as a way to attract new clients. As time goes on I’ll be discussing new applications we’ve got going in Flex, but I wanted to start with a very basic application.

This basic application displays a chart with download statistics for applications I’ve released over the years on Botsko.net. I’ll be adding on to this basic example so that I have a better showcase of flex work. For example, I plan on adding some advanced data parameters including changing the year, seeing data points on the chart, and some improved visuals.

This application totals about 300k including the php code that produces the xml for the data. That number can be reduced further with optimizations, and by removing some extra support-related files.

While Flex can be used to build some amazing applications, it’s also going to be extremely handy when used within an existing web page. I’m excited to see where we end up when using Flex.

Take a look:

http://experiments.botsko.net/tests/flex/chart2/