Right there with you Taka - my co-workers and people who listen in on my Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/jmerrill_2001 if you're interested) probably think I'm an overzealous a Flash fanboy, which I probably am, but I'm also realistic and would switch to Silverlight development or HTML5 if it made sense to do so. But right now it would make no sense - maybe in a few years that will change. But for me, right now, Flash/Flex/AS3 is it.
Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning & Performance Solutions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Taka Kojima Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:39 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller? >> Hey, if you're doing well with AS2, there's nothing wrong with that. >> It's not going away for a long time. Jason is right, and to his point: The interactive industry is probably one of the the fastest changing industries in the world. If you aren't willing to change (and I am not saying you are not willing Karl), pick a different career. As web developers, competence, being able to quickly learn and pick up on new technologies, etc. go hand in hand with being good at what we do. Sure that could be said for any field of work, but I think it's extremely relevant for this field. AS2 will be completely dead and irrelevant in 3 years, in 10 years from now Flash Player will probably not even support AS 2 content, if Flash Player itself is still relevant then. Talking about the web's future 10 years from now is generally not a good idea, so I am not going to go down that path. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Merrill, Jason < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey Karl - a few more things - check out the Migration Cheat Sheet for > AS3 here: > > http://actionscriptcheatsheet.com/blog/quick-referencecheatsheet-for-act > ionscript-20/ > (Some of the other cheat sheets will be useful too.) > > Read through that and you'll start to get comfortable with the changes. > It can seem painful at first, but start slow - for example, create a > test project where you use AS3 to insert a Textfield on the screen and > set a value on it - then create a button that removes it or something. > Pretty soon you'll be off and running - and we'll be here to help. > > > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America Global Learning > Learning & Performance Solutions > > Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our > Instructional Technology Design Blog > (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karl > DeSaulniers > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:08 PM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller? > > I tend to agree with Jason here, I am a freelancer and I have missed > out on a lot of jobs because I am not an AS3 developer. > Your probably right on the ease of use and the functionality of AS3 > being better, otherwise what would be the use of creating AS3. > > Again, thanks for all your comments. > I am going to try to migrate as soon as I can. > I know its just an amount of getting into it and getting it done. > > Best Regards, > > Karl DeSaulniers > > > > On Mar 31, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Merrill, Jason wrote: > > >> Hey, if you're doing well with AS2, there's nothing wrong with that. > >> It's not going away for a long time. > > I disagree with that - what happens when you lose your job and have to > put your resume out there? And IMO, it's nearly almost gone away > anyway. Sure Flash player supports it still, but most developers have > moved on. We recently hired a Flash developer as you know, and if the > candidates didn't have AS3 on their resume, they were immediately > discounted as a viable candidate. > > >> COBOL used to be the dominant language for business apps. I haven't > >> programmed in COBOL for 25 years, but I still see COBOL gigs posted. > > Because there were still lots of huge systems built in that language - > Flash apps are much more short lived than that, and while there may > still be a few AS2 jobs out there, they are increasingly becoming fewer > and fewer by the day. Besides, just because there are a small number > jobs out there for COBOL doesn't mean you should continue to focus on > that as a skill and bet your future career on it. I'd much rather be > fluent in Phyton, C# or Java than COBOL any day. > > >> By the time you run out of AS2 gigs, you might be old enough to > retire, > > I think it will happen much quicker than that - depending on how old you > are though I suppose. I guess I don't see AS2 being as long lived as > you do. > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America Global Learning > Learning & Performance Solutions > > Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our > Instructional Technology Design Blog > (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Karl DeSaulniers > Design Drumm > http://designdrumm.com > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
