RE: [flexcoders] I don't know if I need Flex (please help me to decide)

[Bill Brutzman]

My rule of thumb is that if there is data. like a database. then yes. Flex
is the way to go.

 

--Bill

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of enridp
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 2:15 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] I don't know if I need Flex (please help me to decide)

 

  

Hi! I will try to explain my situation:
I'm a Flash developer (not a good one, just one more...), I know AS3, OOP, I
can read MXML and I've read a lot about Flex in the last days, although I
have never used it.
And there's a reason for that, the SWF size, I'm from Argentina, and here
internet is really slow in many places (mine is 128kbps for example, so to
load a SWF of just 150KB I need to wait approx. 10 seconds)

I was reading about RSL's to solve that, and it looks good, but I think
could be a lot some problems:
1) the first download will be very slow
2) if my RSL is not cached for any reason then nobody will be visiting the
site again
3) what happens if I need to protect some project? I've read an article
about Nitro-LM with RSL's (I don't know if it's the best option, for the
moment I have never protected any code...), but if our RSL is encrypted,
will be cached then?
4) I don't know, is there any other problem with RSL's? what do you think?

I was reading about using Flex without the Flex Framework, and I like that
idea, but what happens if I need a component? just one? I need to include
again +200KB of code?

I was thinking in working purely in AS3 and reusing some classes from Flex
without embedding all the framework (my first goal is to make a really light
version).
I want to use Flex because there are some classes and components that I
don't have in Flash, and I need them, like RemoteObject.

So, I need some of the Flex Classes but I need a very light SWF.
Is possible to achieve that with Flex?

Thanks!
Enrique.

Re: [flexcoders] I don't know if I need Flex (please help me to decide)

[claudiu ursica]

You know that RemoteObject is built on top of NetConnection. What you 
ultimately 
do is make remote procedure calls. You don't need flex but then you need to do 
the work yourself. Serialization and de-serialization on the server side. On 
the 
other hand flex is open source so If you don't need something visual you just 
take the source code from flex compile it with your flash app and you should be 
good to go. I deed that with the base 64 encoder/decoders and except for a 
resource manager reference which I did not need after all it was ok. Depending 
on your needs you can take that source code and play with it.

HTH in some way,
C


hink could be a lot some problems:
1) the first download will be very slow
2) if my RSL is not cached for any reason then nobody will be visiting the site 
again
3) what happens if I need to protect some project? I've read an article about 
Nitro-LM with RSL's (I don't know if it's the best option, for the moment I 
have 
never protected any code...), but if our RSL is encrypted, will be cached then?
4) I don't know, is there any other problem with RSL's? what do you think?

I was reading about using Flex without the Flex Framework, and I like that 
idea, 
but what happens if I need a component? just one? I need to include again 
+200KB 
of code?

I was thinking in working purely in AS3 and reusing some classes from Flex 
without embedding all the framework (my first goal is to make a really light 
version).
I want to use Flex because there are some classes and components that I don't 
have in Flash, and I need them, like RemoteObject.

So, I need some of the Flex Classes but I need a very light SWF.
Is possible to achieve that with Flex?

Thanks!
Enrique.