Preach on! Its funny we had some folks on a big Flex project here come in and insist on writing tons of AS because they were "coders". Its amazing what a deadline will do to people. They kicked into MXML as much as possible, wroteAS where they needed procedural control, and never looked back.
So many people forget that when compile MXML actually turns into AS. I don't know about you, but I never found the desire to be first cousin to a pre-compiler. Its funny too, how much people want to focus on "clean" and "easy to read". In all my years I've never seen the end user reading the code.... Maintainability is clearly important. Then again, when you cant get version 1 out the door due to poor productivity, there isnt much to maintain is there? <Now where is that dark closet again?/> -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY x85 --- In [email protected], "Mink, Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Revisit this after you develop in Flex for about 2 months...you might > find that you made life harder on yourself or that you are having a > harder time making modifications. On the flipside, maybe you'll > disagree with that entirely. > > The bottomline is that if you look @ Flex as a technology, as opposed to > a language, it won't really matter to the developer whether he/she > writes mxml or as. Both approaches represent the same thing in > different ways. Would you want to write a complete native application's > UI in C++? Or would you like to create the forms with the GUI builder > IDE and then interface with those UI objects in C++? > > MXML vs. AS isn't EXACTLY the same as the example just given, but it's > in the same ballpark. Again, do it your way and then revisit. I know I > started with no MXML, and changed pretty quickly, but that's me! > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Daniel Cascais > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Code-only Flex apps > > > Thanks for your replies Jesse and Joseph, > > I get your points, but to me it seems more appropriate, maybe cleaner, > with AS only. I can understand the need for MXML, maybe one of the > main reasons is to make easier/faster development for people that > might not have a strong coding background, which increases the user > base. But why force it on developers that can handle just as good or > maybe better without it (for whatever reason)? > > -- > Daniel Cascais > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Web site design development > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Web+site+design+development&w1=Web+ > site+design+development&w2=Computer+software+development&w3=Software+des > ign+and+development&w4=Macromedia+flex&c=4&s=126&.sig=ynjozILdtUiijfLjiz > 5l1Q> Computer software development > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Computer+software+development&w1=We > b+site+design+development&w2=Computer+software+development&w3=Software+d > esign+and+development&w4=Macromedia+flex&c=4&s=126&.sig=i_RMdAMzxP1R8fB7 > NcnaqQ> Software design and development > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Software+design+and+development&w1= > Web+site+design+development&w2=Computer+software+development&w3=Software > +design+and+development&w4=Macromedia+flex&c=4&s=126&.sig=4g8hODKyQov1GX > OxaXG2Sg> > Macromedia flex > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Macromedia+flex&w1=Web+site+design+ > development&w2=Computer+software+development&w3=Software+design+and+deve > lopment&w4=Macromedia+flex&c=4&s=126&.sig=hhODNnONza_qi3x2OWe-Qg> > > ________________________________ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > * Visit your group "flexcoders > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders> " on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > ________________________________ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
