1.) Keeping all their items more focused on the 'Flash Platform'.
2.) Call yourself a 'Flash Developer specializing in the Flex
Framework'. Flex is not a language, its a Framework. It runs your
application on a 2 frame time line. Frame 1 is the application loader,
Frame 2 is your application. MXML gets compiled into ActionScript. All
tags are easy representations of true AS classes. It is created for
speed. Kinda like how ColdFusion is compiled into Java. You can create
full working Flex apps without any MXML. I guess if you are worried
about being confused with an animator call yourself a 'ActionScript
Developer specializing in the Flex Framework'
5.) Doubt it too. They seem just to be aligning all the products related
to Flash with Flash (Flash Builder, Flash Professional, Flash Catalyst)
6.) Blaze will probably remain around as a lesser version of LCDS. You
lose some really cool features, but don't pay the monster price tag. I
think Adobe knows that some of the success of Flash/Flex is that
streaming data interaction and to only offer a pay version (LCDS) would
stunt the growth of the community. Not all independant developer, web
hosts, or small-mid companies can afford the full LCDS price tag.
On 2/2/2010 4:42 AM, GeorgeB wrote:
Hi all,
I am a fully occupied Flex v3 developer, and don't have spare time to
switch to Flex v4 before the projects I work on are over and done.
While on the side subject that Gordon Smith (post 152124) raised, may
I ask for reasonable answers? (since what I read worry me a lot about
the future of my projects support from Adobe):
1. What was the meaning of Adobe changing the name from Flex Builder
(v3) to Flash Builder, while keeping the upgrade path from v3 to v4?
2. I used to call myself a Flex developer, i.e MXML plus AS3
programmer. Should I have to call myself a Flash developer from now on?
3. I understand there were Flash developers around since the very
begining. They have expertise among other things in timeline effects
and sequential animation programming using tools like Creative Suite
(Photoshop etc) way out of my discipline of database RIAs. Do I have
to describe myself as a creative animator now?
4. If this is v4 of something, shouldn't that be an update of it's
previous version 3? (In this case does Flex = Flash?)
5. Is Adobe running out of trade names? (or running out of what?)
6. Also what's the future of BlazeDS after recent marketing
developments on LCESDS (or is it LCDSES?)?
BTW I used to think of Adobe as a technology company. Am I mistaken?
Thanks all
George
