On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Cedric Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Getting back to the original question, Ross, another benefit of the >> Flex compiler - whether you're writing MXML or AS3 - over the Flash >> IDE is that all the source files for a Flex app (barring assets - >> images etc.) are text files. Text files are much easier to deal with >> in version control systems such as SVN or CVS - and version control >> systems are critical for development within a group of developers. > > I may be totally martian here, but ... hmmm, besides the FLA part, you can > externalize everything in text files too (no code in the FLA, just assets > (and even...) and external AS files). Yep - but to be honest the .fla still contains all the links to the external assets. If one developer alters the library and saves the .fla file; and another developer does the same thing, it's very hard to reconcile the two different versions. Using Flex and embeds - or .properties files - it's very easy to get around that issue, because the list of links to assets are in a text file. Most good source control systems will sort that out for you without you having to care. :-) Don't get me wrong, in many cases it's not an issue. But in an app or framework of any size with more than a couple of developers on it, it can save a lot of frustration. :-) Ian _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
