Key features:

* Easily scaffold
* Be able to manually compile
* Getting model validation generated out to the client (still working out on full validation conversion)

To do:

* Be able to cutomise views
* Automatic (re)complilation
* Perhaps, auto install flex_sdk2 (this will probably break license - but could have local repository/or checked into a library)

Long run:

I suspect that there will need to split out flex_scaffold and ActionView::Helpers::FlexObjectHelper. I would hope that flex have an equivalent set of helpers as javascript.

Phase I (complete)

* tie in REST (resource) generation for flex_scaffold
* scaffold model for flex viewing (flex_scaffold)
* generate mxml files for model
* compile swf
* transfer swf to public folder
* load page which points flash file (use JavascriptHelper in openLaszlo)
* add CRUD actions on controller
* add return schema onto controller

Phase II

* remove js, styles, etc as generator and put as rake command at startup
* add the view layer as the plugin rather than generator
* duplicate model validation (at compile time) into client (as well as server)
* autocompilation (generator knows whether there were changes)

Phase III

* configurable scaffold see ajax_scaffold [ajaxscaffold.stikipad.com/doc/show/4.0+Design+Docs]

            flex_scaffold :task do
                table :only => [ :name, :role ]
                form :except => [ :created_at, :updated_at ]
                columns do
                  name do
                    sort("name.downcase")
                    is_required
                  end
                end
            end

* template the flex code created in generator using helpers (develop ActiveView::Helpers::FlexHelper)
* that is use, rhtml to embed flex within pages (scaffold as a plugin) [unsure whether this will work and/or is desirable]

Phase IV

* multiple models on a page