Well, I think you should just stick with the tool that works for you. I´m currently using Flash 8 IDE to build the layout and assets, and, for me, it is pretty good to build forms as well. The rest I do outside Flash, in FlashDevelop and compile with MTASC ;)
It´s just another way to build the views... and there are tons of ways you can do that... what really matters to me is the advent of AS3 that is for sure above all this discussion... Marcelo. On 5/25/06, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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. If you have received this > communication in error, please "reply to" sender's e-mail address with > notification of the error and then destroy this message in all > electronic and physical forms. > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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