Well, what I meant was if you layout with XML you lose a lot of
imperative code constructs (like loops).  Sure you can code it all in
actionscript instead, but then you lose the declarative natures.
JavaFX does both.


On May 16, 11:44 am, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 16 Mai, 18:57, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Problem with flex is it's XML, so
> > pretty inflexible (just like Ant, great for simple - sucky for
> > complex)
>
> False, I believe.  I think the "UI XML" that you create visually in
> the the Flex / Flash Builder gets compiled internally into
> ActionScript by the Flex compiler and runs this way in the Flash
> Player.  I know that you can at least write re-usable Flex components
> in ActionScript directly, and you may even do that for your Flex UI
> mostly / completely (http://willperone.net/Code/as3ui.php).  If any of
> the Adobe guys read this group, maybe they can confirm.
>
> In a sense, iPhone development works the same way - you either create
> your UI in Interface Builder visually, or you create in Objective-C in
> your controller, or you mix both.
>
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