Well I suppose its that same lost feeling you get when developing a lot of script based languages, but more so in the case of Flash since there is very little debug information that you can rely on. This is heighted when you move flash to an environment (plug-in runtime) where the debug window is not available. This largely has to do with development processes, something that our company has been improving with time.
We have also overcome a number of other hurdles, although which seemed large at the time now are built into our solution base. These largely stem from bugs in Flash plug-in, which vary from OS to OS and browser to browser. The new XML apis haven't exactly been a barrel of laughs either, with some major glaring bugs in its implementation, we have found some cement to plug the holes. All in all I know that the Flash and Server marriage has still a way to go before reaching some seblance of stability, but I am still optimistic for its future for web client side applications. -marcus ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Dave Yang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] Flash MX is announced Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:10:16 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [209.167.227.131] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBE4FDF82008040043261D1A7E3834A070; Wed, 06 Mar 2002 14:13:34 -0800 Received: from localhost (mail@localhost)by hummm.infopreneur.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA06838;Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:08:44 -0500 Received: by hummm.infopreneur.net (bulk_mailer v1.12); Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:08:30 -0500 Received: (from major@localhost)by hummm.infopreneur.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) id RAA06819for cfug-outgoing; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:08:30 -0500 Received: from tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts10.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.54])by hummm.infopreneur.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA06815for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:08:28 -0500 Received: from p3800e ([64.231.62.30]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with SMTP id <20020306221016.RZDN19560.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@p3800e> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:10:16 -0500 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 06 Mar 2002 14:13:46 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Marcus, > Therefore you have 2 camps... those that develop on the server side, and > those that develop on the client side. In most cases, this is unfortunate but true - the two sides are heavily dependent on each other. > Flash has a great interface for developing time-frame based animations > with support for many forms of image and audio mediums. However, the > "programming" part has left me with that hollow feeling. To many, Flash is for animation and intros. However, since Flash 5 came along, many hardcore programmers (myself included) have jumped onto the bandwagon because it offers a relatively powerful programming language. In fact, many important programming methodologies for building applications is possible in Flash's ActionScript: OOP, class/instance, inheritance, polymorphism, listeners, event models, design patterns...etc. With Flash MX, support is even better for building web applications. I agree (as with most things) ActionScript has room for improvement, but I'm curious which part has left you with a hollow feeling? > That being said, I have yet to test out the new features of MX, so perhaps > there is something still to get excited about. As a developer, I'm very excited about Flash MX (even after four months of using it). From a designer's standpoint, it is also very exciting as it offers tons of new features. I'm sure most would agree when it is released in just a few days. The bigger picture is yet to be announced though. Getting comfortable in both client-side and server-side is definitely be an asset. Dave Yang - Quantumwave Interactive Inc. Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.quantumwave.com - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. This message has been posted by: "Dave Yang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. (http://www.infopreneur.net) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. This message has been posted by: "Marcus Augustus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. (http://www.infopreneur.net)
