I've done user interfaces in C, C++, C#, Pascal, Java (its its 20 million gui frameworks), .NET, VB etc.. etc.. I started programming GUI's in flash about 3 or 4 years ago, and still doing my backend development in java, .net or php. Flash gives me the user experience I'm after, the rich, cool looking user interface that allows me to create on line applications, instead of websites that are inferior to desktop apps when built in html. AJAX is lipstick on the pig, its still ugly as hell under the covers, hard to debug and doesn't run consistently across browsers. I personally dislike it with a vengeance, updating div tags on the fly is once of the lamest solutions to a rich UI I've ever seen. Flex is flash with a strong architecture, a stronger language (as3), a traditional programming environment (similar to jsp or asp.net development) and a very rich suite of controls, its aimed at programmers and its easier to learn than the flash IDE since is similar to other language development environments. for graphics heavy apps I'll probably still use flash, for online data centric applications I'll use flex, and use flash for the fancier components that need fancy graphics or effects. I personally can't wait for the flex component explosion that happened to VB and will happen to flex.. Flex will reduce my flash development cycle for real applications by about 30% since I won't have to keep building all my own components. Cheers, Grant ........................................... > b l u e t u b e i n t e r a c t i v e. .: grant davies .: 404.428.6839 (c) .: 708-983-1577 (F) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.bluetube.com/bti <http://www.bluetube.com/bti> > A Tribal Chicken Designs Affiliate <http://www.tribalchicken.com/>
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