I just don't see Flex being a good front end for something that is going to be used to generate HTML that Flex doesn't recognize though.
On the other hand, this current application which involves manipulating an XML file is a perfect application of Flex so far. Flex's XML handling is hands down a million times better than javascripts. On 1/24/07, Walt Kimbrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would agree with Karen on this. The UI end of things is pretty straightforward; if you have experience with AS 2, and get a copy of the AS 3 cookbook recommended here, you'll be able to handle Flex 2 ok. Just my 2 cents, pre taxes. On 1/24/07, Karen Lamkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also am currently working on a "content-management-like" application > using > ColdFusion and DHTML and have been looking into moving some/all pieces > of it > to Flex. > > Regarding the lack of people with Flex experience, I just wanted to > throw > out there that I have fairly strong ActionScript skills and would be > interested in opportunities to assist with development and/or > maintenance of > CF/Flex projects if anyone has a need. > > Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of scott chidester > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [DFW CFUG] Thoughts on move to Flex Front-End > > Galen, > > Funny you should bring this topic up. We are in the final stages of > moving > a "content-management-like" application to Flex as well. Here are some > issues to consider before writing the entire application in Flex: > > - Flash player only supports very basic html formatting (No tables/css > etc....). This was a major issue for us since our content contained > html > table formatted text. > - Flash Rich Text Editor isn't very 'Rich'. Only very simple formatting > is > available. We had to use a pop up with FckEditor to get the > functionality > we needed. > - Report formatting is difficult. Simple things like looping over > record > sets and performing basic report formatting was challenging. We ended > up > doing pop ups in CF/html for our reports. > - Development proved to be very slow and tedious when compared to > CF/html > development. Partly due to lack of expertise and being a new technology > that hasn't had years of evolution. > - Lack of people in the area that know Flex. It is difficult to find > people > > with Flex experience to develop/maintain a Flex application. > > Flex does have some really cool features. However, in future projects I > will use a more traditional CF/html ui framework and only use Flex for > the > interactive components that it does really well. > > Anyway, that's my 2 cents..... :-) > > Scott > > > > >From: "Smallen, Galen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing > >List<[email protected]> > >To: "'[email protected]'" < [email protected]> > >Subject: [DFW CFUG] Thoughts on move to Flex Front-End > >Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:00:23 -0600 > > > >Does anyone have any pointers on moving Cold Fusion front end > applications > >to a flex front end. > > > >The primary application I am dealing with is an intranet based > >"content-management-like" application that has role-base security and > >current "houses" 8 "sub-applications" pertaining to different business > >processes. > > > >I am interested in moving the whole application to Flex, but wasn't > sure if > >that was the best move. I could also go the route of moving just the > >"content" pages to flex, especially the administrative side. > > > >Any in-sights/comments/flames... etc. welcome. > > > >Thanks. > > > > > >_______________________________________________________________ > > > >Galen M. 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