Jamie,
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From: "Tarik Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex - the general feeling about the product is...
> Hi Jamie.
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> - Love Flex. Has enabled us non flash developers to build very
> productive and intuitive applications; and in some cases applications
> that weren't even feasible if limited to just HTML and Javascript.
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> - The big problem area for enterprise developers (in my opinion) is that
> there's no file upload capability. So if you're building anything
> related to content management it's not so straight forward. There's an
> article on flexauthority.com that has a work-around. The Flex team is
> furiously coding away on Flex 2.0 which will address a lot of the sought
> after wish list items (eg ways of doing certain things faster and
> easier), and taking advantage of new features in the next version of the
> Flash player.
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> jamiebadman wrote:
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> >Hey guys,
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> >A really general question...
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> >We've developed a number of enterprise-style applications here, in
> >pure Flash MX 2004 (oh and one of them also uses Firefly a LOT!).
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> >We're considering moving to Flex - particularly to replace the
> >Firefly-based app - but generally as the new standard development
> >environment.
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> >We had the Macromedia guys over for a talk, demo etc and I've been
> >toying with Flex for the past couple of weeks... but obviously my
> >experience to this point is very superficial. So far though, I'm
> >very impressed and I'm hoping to put my case forward for purchasing
> >some Flex licenses shortly... but before I do, I could do with some
> >feedback:
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> >My questions are...
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> >Generally, are people happy with the Flex environment ? Are you
> >finding it a productive development environment and are you happy
> >with the apps you're creating ?
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> >Are there many really nasty 'problem areas' that you're waiting for
> >Macromedia to address in a future release that you've found
> >impossible - or very hard - to workaround ?
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> >Compared to developing a similar app in Flash, how're you finding
> >the development speeds ?
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> >Thanks in advance!
> >
> >Cheers,
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> >Jamie.
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