Thanks Al....I was not aware of those tools....and now I'll get familiar! I hear you loud and clear that Flash <> Flex - been driving me crazy with all the mis-information I've seen floating out there ;-)
Cheers On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 13:09 -0800, Alan Holden wrote: > Sure @Bryan! > > One example is the OpenPlug Studio: http://www.openplug.com/products > "for Adobe Flash / Flex and web developers who want to reuse their > RIA / RDA assets and create rich mobile applications." > > Another is FDT: The Flexible Development Toolkit: > http://fdt.powerflasher.com/ > "It´s made with passion for expert Flash and Flex coding, innovative > mobile development and versatile HTML5 / JavaScript / WebGL / PHP > programming with haXe. Create your applications in FDT and efficiently > target multiple platforms." > > Disclaimer: I haven't worked WITH these extensively, and no - I don't > work FOR either of them! > > Point is, ActionScript ECMA, MXML, the compilers (and swf player > technology) have already been an open source flavor for years now. > Adobe's bundling of all these technologies into turnkey IDE's (the > cult FlexBuilder 2 Dreamweaver Edition, the Eclipse-based FlexBuilder > and recent FlashBuilder) represents a licensed product that they sell > - one that produces swf files "out of the box". > > But anyone can leverage the "Flex" set of libraries (and the > established talent pool) to pop out some executable gizmo for [insert > platform here]. Some companies already are. Perhaps more will follow. > (You can even read of Adobe's own work in getting HTML5 code to pop > out of a compiler.) > > Equally possible is that this persistent assumption (that Flex=Flash) > will mortally wound the former, as unfortunate collateral damage. > > Al > > On 11/20/2011 9:27 AM, Bryan Stevenson wrote: > > > Great post Al! > > > > Would you mind elaborating on alternate ways (than AIR) to compile > > to the various operating systems mentioned? > > > > Thanks! > > > > (snip) > > > -- > online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ > google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 > http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en -- Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [email protected] web: www.electricedgesystems.com Notice: This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed unless expressly authorized otherwise by the sender. If you are not an authorized recipient, please notify the sender immediately and permanently destroy all copies of this message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en
