Rick, Yes we did... and yes it is the flash animation portion...
-Mark Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG (402) 408-3733 ext 105 Skype: markakruger www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:r...@whitestonemedia.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 12:40 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: Is Coldfusion losing its biggest asset? Mark, Do you create your "financial visualizations" in Flex? Is it the Flash part of the visualizations that performs better than AJAX? Rick -----Original Message----- From: Mark A. Kruger [mailto:mkru...@cfwebtools.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 1:04 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: Is Coldfusion losing its biggest asset? Rick, I agree with you in large part with one exception. We do a lot of financial visualizations that would simply gasp and die in Ajax - even if we could find the proper libraries for them. And it would also be hard to duplicate the animation, opacity etc. But for 95% of things I'm with you - the Ajax/jQuery stack has revolutionized things like CRUD forms and data entry on web pages. -Mark Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG (402) 408-3733 ext 105 Skype: markakruger www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:ric...@whitestonemedia.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 11:45 AM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: Is Coldfusion losing its biggest asset? I've spent the past year or two incorporating jQuery into my programming, mainly the AJAX functionality. Everything I do (perhaps too much!) uses AJAX. It's just become my paradigm for getting info from and onto pages, working in conjunction with cfc functionality. I mention this as I wondered about Flex, based on the comment a few moments ago. I checked out a few examples of Flex demos and didn't see anything, on a cursory look, that I couldn't easily do (or currently do) in jQuery. Based on the Adobe site's comments, I would have to learn MXML, ActionScript 3.0, and utilize Flash to build rich-interface applications. I can do that now with CF, CSS, and jQuery (totally free and being developed for cross-platform mobile devices). (Of course, Flash adds more interface graphics capabilities...but Flash is another world unto itself.) Flex, to me, seems to be a rather "involved" endeavor. I'm also moving rapidly (preparing, at least) into mobile development, as I see that as a field about to really explode with possibility for developers. I get to return to my current clients and say "you really need a mobile version of your website," and still use just CF, CSS, and jQuery to build mobile sites. But, I come to this entire conversation as an independent developer, not as someone looking to be hired by another company, either for project work or for a part-time or full-time position. So, the perspective is different than someone seeking to build up a resume. Just my .02 ... Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340684 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
