We are working in a buyer's market right now and many companies want one person to do the work of 2 people, thus a required skillset with 20 disparate items that no mortal human can possible obtain. I've been using Flex for 6 months and it's not enough experience to get a 'Flex' job but I have years of Java/JSP/SQL etc. experience but I get discounted one way or the other so I've been out of work for the last 3 months after being laid off. It's a bad market for us, at least here in Austin. The few jobs that I'm qualified for are listed for weeks and months until the PERFECT candidate is found. It sucks. I see quite a few positions open where the client wants to tack a Flex front end onto an existing Java back end, usually because JSP creation is such a quagmire. I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot more of this. I think having BlazeDS and Cairngorm as well as front-end skills will become equally import when FlashBuilder is finally released. Hold tight!
--- In [email protected], "Flex" <myflexdownlo...@...> wrote: > > I think that is because flex is now making inroads into the enterprise and > Java is one of the big languages for big enterprises. > > SAP Business objects product XCelsius is based on Flex and has come with an > SDK that lets you integrate Flex components as BOBJ components for > dashboarding. SAP Visual Composer is based on flex too. Oracle has some > products that use it as well. > > Now for enterprise's using Java, UI has laways been the weakest link. JSP is > decent but nowhere close to Flex. JSF never got that popular ans struts is > age-old but still used. The real problems is multitude of technologies there > that are complex and still do not do that good a job. > > Enter Flex with its good integration capabilities, remoting capabilities, > browser independent development etc and the really cool nice interface at a > quarter of the time... > > So the strongest contender on UI is trying to replace the weakest performer > here. Don't get me wrong...I am a java guy and I love it (a bit of love is > lost after the oracle acquisition) but having used Servlets, JSP, Struts and > MyFaces I really like Flex. > > You do not have to know that much Java...just a bit on how servlets work, > security and web services. There are online tutorials on Sun that are pretty > good...Java Trails on the core SDK (not Java EE) > > Web Manager > FlexDownloads.com > > --- In [email protected], "fred44455" <fred44455@> wrote: > > > > Since this year you don't seems to be able to find a Job Offer in Flex > > without the requirement: Knowledge in Java, JEE2 etc.. required( Most job > > ads in Dice.com) Is that mean that now not only I need to learn Flex but > > also Java to be able to find a Flex Developer job?? > > >
