>Ben... > > I know you proabably can't answer this... >but when you say "a different class of developers" I wonder what >exactly this means...
I can't/won't speak for Ben, but I don't think it's any secret that with the advent of Flash MX, MM is trying very hard to break the perception that "Flash is for designers." I would take his statements and MM's actions (i.e., Royale) to suggest that they are making a concerted effort to introduce Flash MX as a viable tool for the enterprise market. If you think about MM's push over the last year plus (starting with the introduction of the MX product family), they are trying to into the enterprise marketplace, which is both more lucrative and will allow their products to continue to grow over time. >Neil, your comment makes me wonder: > >If I am planning to get into the OO flash programming using MVC with CF >as my backend, is Flash Remoting and AS sufficient? Or should I learn >Java...(time is a factor with me) I highly recommend Branden Hall and Samuel Wan's "Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript" as the first place to go. Colin Moock's "ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition" is also a great primer (although his treatment is more about syntax as opposed to how to use the language effectively), but Branden and Samuel really show how to use ActionScript for high-quality applications. I'm not so sure that learning Java is going to help you with learning ActionScript with Flash Remoting, but that's just my opinion. As for scaling Flash Remoting applications, I was recently made aware of a bit of code in the "Certified Macromedia Flash MX Developer Study Guide" that is supposedly really the only way to allow Flash Remoting to scale under load. I believe one of Matt Liotta's engineers came up with the code snippet and contributed it to the book. I would also look there if you're serious about developing production applications with FR. Regards, Dave. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
