On Wednesday 28 June 2006 12:59, mthielman11 wrote: > 1. IS flex well suited for large, multi module apps? Can it provide any > real advantage or JSP?
Yes, and 'are you kidding' :-) Building a GUI with data binding in Flex in trivial, but requires much AJAX and HTML knowledge to do otherwise, even with something like Spry. > 2. Is the application just one big MXML file with many states or lots of > little MXML files? Or a combination of some kind, such as each module is an > MXML with different states? The latter, probably. > 3. IS FDS the best way to interact with a java API or are there other ways? You don't need FDS, just ColdFusion 7.0.2, to invoke methods on the server, which may be cheaper. > 4. HOw do I run the app? Can it run on resin? I see it can be deployed as > a WAR file but have yet to figure out how to do that. ColdFusion or FDS ? Flex applications are just .swf files and don't need a server unless you need FDS features. > that the learning curve and not knowing the best way to do things will > really hurt us. We have been building web based apps for years using HTML, > CSS and JS and really have been able to do some really great things. But Welcome to the club. Taking a few weeks out to learn Flex2/ActionScript is well worth it, IMVHO. Later you'll be able to leverage these skills to build desktop apps (with Apollo) complete with temporarily-connected-network features. -- Tom Chiverton **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. We are pleased to announce that Halliwells LLP has been voted AIM Lawyer of the Year at the 2005 Growth Company Awards ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
