On Oct 27, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Mike Britton wrote:
That makes sense Robert.
In the same line of thinking, as the Flex stuff evolves, I see the
Flash IDE
turning into a sort of "Photoshop for Flash" where graphical assets are
designed/maintained, and FlexBuilder 2 (eclipse) becoming the
programming
environment.
I don't think that's likely to happen at all. I suspect a vast majority
of users will continue to use the IDE.
This is just a prediction on my part: the number of people who use the
IDE or a combination of the IDE and a text editor will probably
outnumber the FlexBuilder/Eclipse platform users 3:1, or even much more
(10:1?).
So FlexBuilder 2 will be for development, period, rapid or
otherwise, and "Flash" or "the Flash IDE" will be a designer's tool.
Both
sit on top of the Flash Platform and are the foundation for
implementing the
technology.
Still doubt that a lot. FlexBuilder 2 will probably used for
development of _enterprise_applications_. I don't think Macromedia will
be able to push it's use too much further outside those limits.
Don't get me wrong, I love the metaphor and what it could possibly do
for my Flash development. But, the random project that comes along
which could benefit from that environment doesn't nearly justify the
resources and time I'd need to devote to really knowing the platform.
In the Flash community, we've got designers, designer/developers
(design with some programming) and serious developers (strictly
programming). I'd say the former two in that list far outnumber the
latter.
Jon
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