Hi, I have been reading web posts (starting with Bruce Eckels a while ago) about Flex and the more I read the more confused I get. Let me summarize what I think I have learned and then maybe the more knowledgeable here can correct me and point me to a write up that makes more sense.
It sounds like Flex is really just Actionscript 3 wrapped in XML, which uses MXML for layout. All the examples I have looked at in the Tour de FLEX seem to be just a scripting language that runs in the Adobe Flash web plugin (yes, I have heard of Adobe Air, but just to keep it simple, lets stay with the browser). I am not sure how all this actually relates to Flash. I have never done Flash development (I am a server side guy, mostly, with some VB and C# on windows), but my impression is that Flash is an animation package, with timelines and layers and stuff. What does that have to do with Flex, other than having the Flex VM in the Flash player? I appreciate whatever overview you can point to. All the docs I find describe the bits and pieces; I can't find how they fit together so that I can get a better feeling on what it is good for. Thanks, - Gardner Pomper
