Thank You very Much ppl :D On Jan 27, 2008 10:39 PM, Glen Pike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I currently have the Beta of ASV 6 which decompiles my AS3 SWF's > without too many problems. > > Regarding Flash vs Flex debates, I have not got CS3 yet, but have > been developing in AS3 using Flash Develop and importing graphics > created in Flash 8, but following a very code oriented way of > development. I like this and will probably keep working in this way as > I do a lot of stuff with animations, etc. For pure business stuff, I > would certainly consider using Flex and saying that I have been > developing some prototype systems for very simple website ideas in Flex > to see if I can get a nice workflow going. > > The tutorials that Adobe put with Flex Builder are a great starting > point as someone mentioned and I also took advantage of the free trials > from Adobe/Total Training that were pretty good: > > http://www.totaltraining.com/prod/adobe/flex2_ria.asp - this is a > really good introduction - a refresher for me - to using Flex and > thinking in terms of RIA's. I liked the presenters style and it > contrasted a lot with the one below. > > http://www.totaltraining.com/prod/adobe/flex2_avp.asp - this was > okay, but I found the presenter very dull - his voice did not help and I > am sure they sped it up in the intros. I got quite irritated watching a > lot of basics in a training package that specified you needed to have > these skills beforehand. It does however provide some very helpful > information about making Flex applications look a lot better than the > default. > > If you are a visual developer, Flex will probably be a bit scary > because you need to start learning how to code the visual parts using > MXML to get what you want. > > As far as CMS stuff goes - if you are looking to connect to an > existing back-end system like Drupal, Wordpress, etc. There are already > a lot of components written to handle all the back-end stuff, which > saves a lot of pain writing your own. This is particularly important if > you are not experienced in server side coding - MySQL, PHP and the > security issues that tend to affect these things. > > For Flash, if you like coding in AS2, you could look at SWX, > http://swxformat.org/, which is really easy to get started with. They > are porting it to AS3 at the moment, but it is very straightforward and > also has the benefit of being very lightweight when compared with XML > methods - this is important if you plan to work with mobiles, etc. > > SWX is like a nice halfway between XML & AMF remoting - it has the > ease of getting data into your app, with the streamlined nature of AMF > > The good thing is that there are lots of ways for you to talk to the > server(s) from the SWF player now and they have all improved > dramatically with a lot of support from various people, so experiment a > lot if you have time and read lots of info - the devnet site on Adobe is > invaluable as well as Google. > > There is a lot of stuff out there to learn and I am no expert, but I > have been trying out a lot of stuff in Flash, Flex & related > technologies and will say one is outright better than the other - it > depends on your experience & the problem you are trying to solve. > Hopefully, I will be able to keep up with both strands of development > and do some cool stuff with them. > > Glen > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Omar M. Fouad - Digital Emotions http://www.omarfouad.net This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
