Hi Ted, This is a bit OT - don't wanna hijack this thread. But thanks for demystifying the DisplayList API at Spark - Amsterdam. Where can we get the slides/source for your Spark presentations?
Thanks, /Johan On 11/22/05, Theodore E Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ted, why was it a total mistake that you waited to jump on the bandwagon? > > Because after learning Flex: > > 1. My salary has tripled. > > 2. Clients are bigger and Projects are better. > > 3. PowerSDK was purchased by Cynergy Systems 1 month ago. > > 4. Working with some of the best developers in the world. PowerBuilder core > devs and MS Biztalk core devs are working at Cynergy Systems! > > Seriously, learn Flex and do not look back. Give in to the Dark Side! > > The market is growing and there is a massive need for Flex devs. Flash > developers can run circles around Java and CF developers in Flex because you > know the low level aspects of the player and the V2 Component APIs. It is > the opportunity of a lifetime right now as the market for Flex project > development on the growth path. I personally think we are just starting the > growth phase for the Flash Platform and we will see 2 Million new Flex > developers by 2007. It will be similar to what VB did circa 1994, 20,000 > devs to 3 Million in 3 years. > > There is a massive wave of development projects headed to Flex and there are > simply not enough developers. > > Scarcity makes for a phat paycheck! > > I was really wrong about Flex, I had no idea. I sat on the Flash side and > wanted the Flex product to die. I grilled Flex 1.5 publicly after it shipped > at Max 2003. I was an idiot looking back on it, lesson learned. Flex is > designed for very large scale projects. You can build and maintain > applications that are just not feasible within Flash. Plus for larger > corporate customers, Flex Licensing is a non-issue. > > Let me make sure we are clear. Flash has its place for very interactive and > immersive projects, but for application development if your not using Flex, > you are wasting allot of development time and money. I can build > applications in both Flex and Flash but it takes me about 50% longer in > Flash and the end project is very rarely maintainable and only 1 developers > can work on it given the FLA format limitations. Flex is very different and > allows for much more seamless reuse. > > My 2 cents, > > Ted Patrick > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.3/174 - Release Date: 11/17/2005 > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
