I think RSLs are the key to keeping file side down on your Flex apps. The Flex framework is about 1.5 megs worth of code, and it only gets bigger if youre doing charting, rpc, etc. A Flex app gets a tough hit dragging all this supporting code into the app. That said though, if you reference these libraries as RSLs, you might never take the hit with your app if another app has already used those libraries and they are cached in your player- and your Flex app will stay pretty small.
cheers- Dustin --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Ralf Bokelberg" <ralf.bokelb...@...> wrote: > > If you go for size, i'd use Flash. There is nothing wrong with it, as > you are not developing a enterprise application with a big team. > Cheers > Ralf. > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:50 AM, Josh McDonald <dzn...@...> wrote: > > I definitely agree with you Gabriel, you wouldn't catch me doing a non-Flex > > Flash project at all- I was under the impression the OP was *very* concerned > > about size, although that could just've been my (often lax) comprehension > > skills :) > > > > -Josh > > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:38 PM, gabriel montagné <gabr...@...> > > wrote: > >> > >> >> On Dec 16, 2008, at 9:36 PM, devenhariyani wrote: > >> > Thanks for the advice so far. If I follow the advice not to use the > >> > <Application> tag, *and* if I also remove all the MXML and re- write the > >> > app > >> > to use only ActionScript do you think I can get the size down to under > >> > 200KB? I think Flex is a great technology, but if its not the right tool > >> > for > >> > the job I will sadly have to go to Flash. > >> > >> I'm primarily a Flex developer and, of course it depends on what you want > >> to > >> do, but I wouldn't go for a "pure AS3" project unless it was a simple > >> banner. > >> 200KB is too little. A normal medium size flickr image already weights > >> about > >> 100KB. > >> > >> Even though widgets might use little area, they are often complete > >> websites > >> upon themselves. I did a facebook widget for Target not long ago. It was > >> a > >> simple widget but still it had to load data from different sources, it had > >> to > >> do reporting, it had to forward requests for products, it had a carousel > >> with > >> details info and additional images, etc... and of course, it had to do the > >> normal things that all of these flash movies have to do: it had to load > >> smoothly, it had instantiate it's components, it had to load and cache > >> stuff, > >> it had to have embedded fonts and assets, load backgrounds, etc. And it > >> had > >> to be ready in a very short time. > >> > >> All these things Flex solves already for you... you can redo them and > >> perhaps > >> save some bandwidth, but the cost is high: you'll loose all the > >> architecture > >> and debugging that the Adobe engineers (not to mention the Flex community > >> in > >> general) have already put into the framework, (which is made, of course, > >> from > >> the very same kind of actionscript that you would have to write yourself > >> anyways to solve the very same problems.) > >> > >> I did that widget in full fledged Flex (+ Cairngorm + UM Extensions, > >> etc.), it > >> ended up "costing" like 350KB... and nobody complained, specially since we > >> could cut down one third of the initially scoped development time and it > >> turned out to be robust and pretty much bug free. > >> > >> -- > >> gabriel montagné láscaris comneno > >> http://rojored.com > >> t/506.8367.6794 > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> -- > >> Flexcoders Mailing List > >> FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > >> Alternative FAQ location: > >> https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > >> Search Archives: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > > > Like the cut of my jib? Check out my Flex blog! > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > :: 0437 221 380 :: j...@... > > :: http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ > > :: http://twitter.com/sophistifunk > > >
