I dont think you have to sacrifice what Flex provides in data services just because you are using Flash- I "was" a flash developer that moved to Flex because of the IDE (last week!).
as I understand: If you have installed the Flex sdk I believe all the components and libraries are available to Flash. use import just as you normally would in Flex but do it in the AS code in Flash - Flash will compile them - Anyone? If not, you can write your flash and then move any design flash components into Flex. If you don't want to buy flex builder (which at $300 is very reasonable), just use the SDK and compile at CMD prompt. Best of both worlds... --- In [email protected], "Marcelo de Moraes Serpa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been off the Flash world for some time now and my next project will > probably be built on the Flash Platform. > > I love the Flash Platform. I used to work with Flash and built a big > application in the past in Flash 8 (using the FAMES combo). > > Coming back now, and not sure which way to go for this next project. > > This Flex vs Flash debate is an old one, I know. Flex is marketed at > developers, Flash at designers. However, sometimes you are both the designer > and develope of the application. Sometimes, you just stumble upon someone > who is a "deseloper", which is my case. > > This project will be a very visually stunning website. It will have > animations, transitions, and tweens everywhere. The GUI will have its visual > (skins?) heavily modified (don't think only CSS could do that). > > I'm a good, skilled developer. I don't mind creating some GUI component and > classes from scratch if needed. I also don't mind coding some layout code if > needed and build the GUI in Flash + AS3. Sometimes, coding from scratch is > better than using a bloated API. > > However, this app will have lots of data to handle, indeed. That's why I'm > considering Flex, since it is more geared to data handling than Flash. Maybe > I will blend the two, using Flash for assembling the visuals and then > melting them in the Flex app, however, don't know how FlexIble Flex is in > this respect (heavily changing visuals). > > There are many pur Flash frameworks around, such as LowRA, I might just use > that for general design patterns and build what I need. I think Flex is only > appealing becouse of the GUI components and its data-aware nature, however, > this is a very creative project and these (not sure if they are) components > are usually hard to have its appearance and visual behavior modified. > > What do you guys think? Any suggestions are welcome. > > Thanks, > > Marcelo. >
