Well Adobe does a horrible job of explaining anything IMHO. You do not have to use CF.....the reality is you can use PHP/.NET/CF and more with Flex (or none). To me that makes it (pardon the pun) "Flex"ibile ;-)
Again....all I can say is how easy it really is (and how complicated Adobe makes it sound). BTW...it mentions 2 technologies...CF and Flex (again Flash Builder is for Flex/AIR app development Cheers On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 13:31 -0400, Rick Faircloth wrote: > Now here's an example I would point to concerning the difficulty > I would have even getting past consideration of using Adobe's > technologies. Take this presentation/tutorial on Adobe's site, > for example: > > "...Tim Buntel explains the data-centric features in Flash Builder 4 > and shows how developers can use both Flash Builder and ColdFusion > to create Flex applications." > > Three different technologies mentioned in one statement. Learn > Flash Builder 4 and the ColdFusion language to be able to create > a Flex application. Sounds too convoluted, to me. > > Too many diverse technologies? Confusing to those considering > using Adobe's products? AIR, Flash, Flex, ColdFusion, etc? > Dreamweaver or Flash Builder, or perhaps ColdFusion Builder? > I'm glad I'm not just starting out in this, trying to decide > what to use to make a living. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 1:19 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Need some perspective... > > > Really Dave? that would be cool as we bought FlashBuilder licences and > not the plugin ;-) > > Thanks for the tip! > > On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 13:14 -0400, Dave Watts wrote: > > > > You can buy Flash Builder (Adobe purpose built Eclipse app) OR buy the > > > Eclipse plugin (which is essentially the same thing....but allows for CF > > > coding at the same time via CFEclipse) > > > > I'm pretty sure you can install the CFEclipse plugin into the > > standalone Flash Builder. You can install most plugins into it - it's > > just the Flash Builder plugin with a specific version of Eclipse > > bundled together. > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:345790 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
