[flexcoders] Re: Flex or Flash, opinions?
Even though Flash 8 now has many of the same controls that Flex has (acordians, viewstacks, datagrids, etc).? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll let someone else give you the elongated answer, so here's the short one. If you are creating games that have low level needs (blitting, movieclip usage vs. UIObject), use Flash. If you are creating applications, use Flex. If you are creating applications that have AfterEffects like designs with Photoshopped GUI's, create those in Flash, and build your application in Flex. - Original Message - From: Greg Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:55 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Flex or Flash, opinions? I am currently finishing up doing the first part of a Management Reporting system in Flex 1.5. Then I am going to try and reproduce it in Flash 8. Then I get the fun of making the official decision of what we will use. What does Flex 1.5 have over Flash 8 (knowing that Flex 2 and Flash 8.5 are coming along at some point, but will prob have to decide before they get here.) Or vise versa. We would like the best of both worlds, to be able to spit out QD reports and have a full central interface that can both run off the same webservices (CFCs). Thanks -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex or Flash, opinions?
Greg Johnson wrote: Even though Flash 8 now has many of the same controls that Flex has (acordians, viewstacks, datagrids, etc).? Flex's development model is *way* better for applications. The controls that Flash 8 has are essentially the same that Flash 7 had, which aren't as good as the Flex ones anyway. Yes, if you're building an application, you should be using Flex to do it. That is to say, you can still use Flash to create assets, super cool animations, video, etc... but you'll want to tie the application together with Flex most likely. -d Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex or Flash, opinions?
The important thing to realize about Flex vs. Flash is that Flex is a FRAMEWORK. Flex handles via that framework a ton of stuff you'd go blind trying to do in Flash. It is geared towards application building, etc. and does not expose you to the granularity that Flash would require to do that sort of thing. It doesn't replace Flash, it is just a better way to accomplish that sort of thing than Flash. Jeff -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Johnson Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:45 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex or Flash, opinions? Even though Flash 8 now has many of the same controls that Flex has (acordians, viewstacks, datagrids, etc).? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll let someone else give you the elongated answer, so here's the short one. If you are creating games that have low level needs (blitting, movieclip usage vs. UIObject), use Flash. If you are creating applications, use Flex. If you are creating applications that have AfterEffects like designs with Photoshopped GUI's, create those in Flash, and build your application in Flex. - Original Message - From: Greg Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:55 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Flex or Flash, opinions? I am currently finishing up doing the first part of a Management Reporting system in Flex 1.5. Then I am going to try and reproduce it in Flash 8. Then I get the fun of making the official decision of what we will use. What does Flex 1.5 have over Flash 8 (knowing that Flex 2 and Flash 8.5 are coming along at some point, but will prob have to decide before they get here.) Or vise versa. We would like the best of both worlds, to be able to spit out QD reports and have a full central interface that can both run off the same webservices (CFCs). Thanks -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
