Não largo flex por nada, quando tiver azeitado no HTML5, ai mesmo fechou,
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Brenno Abreu <brennoab...@hotmail.com> wrote: > 5 Reasons why you should code in Apache Flex & AIR > > [image: Apache Flex]As explained on Apache Flex product page, Apache > Flex® formerly known as Adobe Flex, is a highly productive, open source > application framework for building and maintaining expressive web > applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops and > devices (including Smartphone, tablets and tv). > > It provides a modern, standards-based language and programming model that > supports common design patterns suitable for developers from many > backgrounds. Flex applications can be deployed to the ubiquitous Adobe® > Flash® Player in the browser, Adobe® AIR™ on desktop and mobile or to > native Android™, IOS™, QNX®, Windows® or Mac® applications. > 1. Its Fun and powerful :-) > > Yes, that's the most important fact. Unlike any other technology, writing > Flex code is fun. You write less and run it on multiple places. The code is > very intuitive and simple. I did tried doing JavaScript lately but > comparing the way of coding, structure and browser dependency pushed me > back to do what I love most. > > It is Fun, because you have tools available around. It is organized with > many popular frameworks empowering Flex development. Frameworks like > Parsley, Cairngorm, pureMVC and Robotlegs have made our live easy. Flex > based applications are developed in a complete distributed nature and > multiple remote team can work seamlessly on it. > 2. Flex is simple and Robust > > Flex is simple, flex is Flexible. Yes it is. In Flex Button is a Button, > Label is a label, Form is a Form, Canvas is a canvas. Flex adheres to > standard coding paradigm and is similar to any standard OOPS technology. A > java person can read Flex code and understand almost 70-80% code without > knowing even a single syntax of ActionScript. Learning curve for Flex is > very less, one can get going in serious coding in mere a week. There are > products which are ported in extremely short amount of dev time because of > its simplicity. > > However the simplicity cannot be taken as it is not extensible and > powerful. Flex is robust and strong framework. It is well thought and > researched product. It has been matured with time and the result is > overwhelming. The Flex product line provides a highly productive > programming model (Flex framework), integrated Eclipse-based development > tools (Flex Builder TM), and robust data integration services (Flex Data > Services) that enable organizations to rapidly deliver solutions that > dramatically improve user productivity and increase online revenues, while > integrating with existing applications and websites. > 3. Open Source and Community support > > When I was coding in early 2000 I use to think why should I bother about > it, I can code without an open source technology. I have an auto complete > and code hint enabled IDE. I know many of us still think the same and see > no benefit in Open Source technology and Community support. Yes, true to > some extent, but consider a situation, you are working on an aggressive > deadline, you get stuck and need immediate solution. What if you need help > in some quick debugging and want to explore the other options. An open > source technology with huge community support could be a demand of time. A > technology which are frequently explored by millions of developer is > rapidly growing and always upto date with the current growth. which is why, > Flex is a front runner in a true cross platform technology, which not only > runs on 99% Desktops, it also provides an easy deployment to standard > mobile platform and Smart TVs. > > Flex is an Open source SDK born at Adobe and matured at Adobe and later > donated to Apache for further upbringing. Apache Flex is one of the most > active project of Apache incubation and On 12/19/2012 the Apache Software > Foundation Board has voted this project in as a TLP (Top-Level Project). > Apache Flex will now be known as the Apache Flex project. Apache Flex > Project is committed to a community-driven open source project to ensure > the continued development and success of Flex for years to come. > > Flex and other related technology products are backed by strong community > of enthusiastic developer groups. There are more than 5000+ active user > groups on Flex and almost a million developers working on this. Finding an > expert Flex developer is easy than other technology in the same space, even > though they are there since long. Resources and How-to are as easy to find > as you are browsing your own desktop by using Tour da Flex application > which itself written in Adobe AIR (Desktop version of Flex). > 4. Extremely Rich Product Line and rich backend support & 3rd Party support > > Adobe Flex product line have many proprietary products developed and > marketed by Adobe and other vendors. Flex product line comprise of almost > every tool which is required for making an enterprise application. Be it a > robust multiplatform Application SDK, IDE, Profiler or Data Service > middleware. > > Products which are very commonly used in Flex development are, > > - *Flex Software Development Kit (SDK)—*The core component library, > development languages, and compiler for Flex applications > - *Flash Builder IDE—*An Eclipse-based development environment that > includes code editors, visual layout tools, project management tools, and > an integrated debugger > - *Flex Data Services—*A Java server-based application that enables > high-performance data transfer, cross-tier data synchronization and > conflict management, and real-time data messaging > - *Flex Charting—*A library of extensible charting components that > enables rapid construction of data visualization applications > > One thing I love when coding with Flex, I never bother about what is there > in backend. I know for any technology there is an interface available. Flex > blends seamlessly with any other technology, be it Java, PHP, Ruby on Rails > and many. > > It also integrates with other sites and open technologies such as SOAP, > REST and Json. XML being a native data type in ActionScript, it offers > hassle free binding of XML data, thus reducing parsing overload and cleaner > code. I don't see any other technology doing this so easily. > > Flex technology is embraced by the industry pretty well and with time, we > have a wide array of Rich 3rd party tools and libraries available to make > our lives easy. > > - Away3d, PaperVision3d, Unity are robust gaming libraries developed > on flex > - GraniteDS, lightstreamer, webORB are rich server solutions for > enterprises > - FlexLib, fusionCharts, RaVis explorer for rich user interface > development > > The list can go on and on, as we have more than 1000 tools developed > around Flash/Flex ecosystem to make things easy to code. > 5. Ahead of all competitions and backed by all vendors > > Flex is versatile and fits in every requirement. A website full of > interactivity can be developed using Flex. A desktop application with > online/offline support with integrated database can be development in AIR > and that can also be ported on all major Mobile Platforms including iOS and > Android. You may do a TV programming making cool and awesome applications > using this. > > But this versatile nature of Flex technology could have been a limited if > it is not supported by other industry leaders. Flash Platform as commonly > called for Flex, AIR and Flash, is supported and promoted by all major > technology driving the global growth. > > Applications delivered with Flex offer a better experience because they > take advantage of the browser and Flash Player runtime. Installed on over > 97% of Internet-connected PCs, Flash Player provides a consistent, > cross-platform runtime that combines a high-performance virtual machine > with integrated support for multilingual text display, printing, data > manipulation, motion, and multimedia. On top of these capabilities, the > Flex framework layers a rich set of user interface components and design > principles that encapsulate best practices in interaction design and > usability. > > For me, coding in Flex is true Cross Platform Development as I am > extremely neutral of where it is to be deployed. I can write Mobile code > for iOS and at the same time can test it on Android and Blackberry. With > slight environment change I can deploy it on all mobiles. Resolution > handling is a cake walk using Manifest files and configurations. > > And you thought I will say HTML 5 is taking over :-) > *Conclusion* > > Adobe Flex is the dominant framework for professional Application > development for Web and Mobile. > > - We saw how Flex is simple, fun and robust.. > - We found what are the products and vendor support for Flex > applications. It is anywhere and everywhere. > - We can develop Flex applications and run it anywhere because of its > cross platform nature. > > If you’re looking for a robust, well-maintained framework for any sized > project, I strongly recommend that you take a look at Apache Flex. It can > be downloaded for free at Apache Flex incubation page > <http://incubator.apache.org/flex/>. > > > So, what is your view? Please share your thoughts with us. And don’t > forget to share this article if you liked it. 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