>>Obviously this may sound harsh, but because the app you wrote >>was buggier or harder to build isn't a reflection of the >>technology in my opinion.
It is to me. There are a lot of things you can do with Flex in a day that would take weeks to do in straight Flash/Actionscript. This is a fact. For an example, one of the features of the application I worked on required a Flex-like panel (if you know what I mean by a Flex panel) to contain content that could be built on the fly, to any size, look, feel, etc. Flex has a built in Panel renderer to host content. You create a panel with a single XML statement - takes literally 5 seconds. To do this in Flash, it required me to build and test a large Panel class that would scale and render the panel correctly - I won't tell you how long it took, but it was a lot longer than 45 seconds. The result was the same, but the time spent was drastically different. Now, the Actionscript class I built was far more customizable than the Flex one because I had access to everything that rendered the panel, but I didn't need all that for the project. That to me is a representation of the different strengths each app has. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Technology Solutions >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>Of Christian >>Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:44 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash IDE >> >>Obviously this may sound harsh, but because the app you wrote >>was buggier or harder to build isn't a reflection of the >>technology in my opinion. I've been following this thread >>pretty closely and have begun going through all the >>responses. Flex to me has seemed to discredit a lot of the >>flash developers out there buy putting advanced functionality >>at the finger tips of the average user. >> >>I do think that flex will eventually be leveraged correctly, >>but the idea that a whole new IDE must be built simply to >>build form based applications is bizarre to me. I have to >>imagine that the potential for Flex would extend far beyond >>Form RIA or else it wouldn't exist. But then again, that's >>macromedia for you. >> >>The other issue i see with flex is it's ability to scale. It >>doesn't seem to have the ability to handle a ton of >>simultaneous connections very well, ala Flash Media Server. >>Perhaps I'm off base here, but I'd prefer to develop the >>front ends in flash and communicate back and forth with a >>traditional back-end I.E. ASP, PHP, etc. Those things are >>free to develop on, more prove and seemingly scale a hell of >>a lot better. >>Yes, it's not as simple as an "EASY" button, but if work was >>easy it'd be fun and we'd all be broke. >> >>Merrill, Jason wrote: >>> At my previous employer, wanted to build a project with Flex 1.5, >>> client couldn't/wouldn't pay for it, so we built it with >>Flash - took >>> 5 times longer, and was 5-times buggier but it was do-able. >> Basically >>> had to write the same kinds of classes for Flash that macromedia >>> already built for Flex, and make it renderable by >>descriptive XML. It >>> was a fun project, but I wish I had Flex. It was a very large >>> interactive portal with different elements which also >>displayed metrics dashboards. >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America | www.bankofamerica.com Learning & Organization >>> Effectiveness Technology Solutions >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>Behalf Of Doug >>> Coning >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:45 PM >>> To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash IDE >>> >>> This may be a dumb question, but has anyone ever developed >>a project >>> in Flex and towards the end decided that Flash would have been a >>> better tool for the project? Or vice-a-versa? >>> >>> If so, why? I'm trying to determine if there are any pitfalls of >>> deciding to use Flex over Flash for larger projects. >>> >>> Hope that makes sense... >>> >>> Doug Coning >>> Senior Web Development Programmer >>> FORUM Solutions, LLC >>> >>> This e-mail and any attachment(s) are intended for the specified >>> recipient(s) only and are legally protected. 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