Here are a few of the links for tools I mentioned at last night's meeting:

*Bootstrap* - http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/
This is a great default prototyping CSS skin for HTML apps.  I would equate
this to the default Flex Halo or Spark skins.  To be clear, this project
doesn't contain any of the *functionality* of Flex components, but it's a
great start for *skinning* an HTML/CSS app if you aren't much of a graphic
designer (which I am also not) or a CSS guru (which I also am not).

*Titanium* -
http://www.appcelerator.com/products/titanium-cross-platform-application-development/
This toolset / framework using HTML/CSS/JS to write applications.  It
competes with Phone Gap, which Adobe recently acquired.  It's big
advantages over Phone Gap are (1) Titanium comes with a suite of prebuilt
widgets (like Flex), (2) Titanium has a large number of APIs for access to
native device functionality (like AIR), and (3) Titanium runs on the
Desktop as well as mobile (like Flex/AIR).

The primary advantage I've seen in Phone Gap is that it supports more
mobile platforms than Titanium.

These are both project I'd keep an eye on and spend a few minutes reading
up on.  I'm not recommending jumping ship on Flex by any means, this is
simply a recommendation to learn about all of your technology options so
that you can make an informed choice when the time comes.

-Cameron

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