Sorry for the late reply, I was pondering about how to bring this
without going into a flash vs html5 debate (been there done that).
So I think to sum it up, I think the heart of the matter is that in my
opinion actionscript/flash is not dying, it's moving and growing towards
where its strengths lie.
In some industries that might mean it feels as if it is dying, but the
conclusion might just as well be:
- if I want to keep doing website/webapplication work I might have to
add html5/css/javascript to my skillset OR
- if I want to keep doing actionscript/flash work I might have to move
towards gaming, gamification, serious games, desktop apps, mobile apps
and other fields of work (maybe even a teacher)
Anyway I could go on and on but that pretty much sums it up I think.
Even is there is an as4 or asnext (which appearently there is or will
be), that only means we can migrate to as4 *not *that flash or adobe air
or adobe air for mobile is dead. For those of you fearing to move to
mobile using flash, yeah there is a steep learning curve and yeah there
are pitfalls and yeah it is a lot of work blahblah, but it's fun, it
works and most of it is very doable. Unity3D is a very nice option as
well to move to if you are into platform independent game development
etc etc.
My 2 cents, this is not to disregard your opinion that flash in your
industry is dying, I can only take your word for it, nor to say that I
sometimes don't have sleepless nights as a fulltime freelancer, but anyway;)
JC
On 26/10/2012 19:53, Kevin Newman wrote:
But why? :-)
To add a little bit - perhaps AS3 is only dying in some industries
(like mine). But surely once ASNext ships, AS3 will become the next
AS2 (which has been diminishing for years now).
Kevin N.
On 10/26/12 1:44 PM, Hans Wichman wrote:
I call bs:)
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