Johan, The magic will come later this week. I am buried in work from all the partying in amsterdam. 2 sessions and 2 panels is 2 much.
I am going to record the presentations for everyone's free use. I will post everything then. preso = new spark.ted.Presentation( "Managing the DisplayList" ) addChild( preso ) Couldn't resist. :) Ted :) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan Lopes > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:30 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] flex 2 for games? > > 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 > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.3/174 - Release Date: 11/17/2005 > -- 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
