Enterprise apps are great with Flex. Mobile Apps specially almost one code based for all major platforms is excellent. That's why we love flex.
-----Original Message----- From: stephen at stephenjc [mailto:step...@stephenjc.com] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:40 PM To: users@flex.apache.org Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology I cannot wrap my head around the js/dom model. That's why we use flex for our cross platform development. It just works. On Feb 28, 2013 9:22 AM, "Oliver Wiemer" <o.wie...@audiovisuellemedien.de> wrote: > Hi, > > we all love Flex. > The best code language ever. > All i can code in flex, i do that. > And for enterprise application thats always the best. > > > > > > Am 28.02.13 15:15 schrieb "Scott Matheson" unter > <smathe...@intralinks.com>: > > >Hi > > I am only a user of flex, I have spent 3 years of my time building > >a app for a charity, and we have 5-10 year life in the product, what > >I know, flex works, it is simple, it works, the good chaps on this > >list are investing a lot of there time to give flex a future, yes > >HTML/CSS/JS is the elephant in the room, if / when we have quality > >cross-compiling we will look back and think adobe giving flex to > >Apache was the best move ever > > > >We just need to give this project time > > > >Anyway that¹s my 2cents > > > >Scott > > > > > >On 2/28/13 8:52 AM, "Harbs" <gavha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>Huh? > >> > >>You can compile MXML to AIR today. Who said anything about not > >>supporting that? > >> > >>If you are talking about the Falcon Compiler (which is not required > >>for compiling to AIR), the work for MXML compilation is currently > >>being finished by Gordon Smith. That's near-term support. The HTML > >>/JS support is a longer term goal. I've never seen any indication to > >>cause your concerns. > >> > >>Harbs > >> > >>On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Terry Corbet wrote: > >> > >>> Why is it that you fail to see that each time you advertize your > >>>rush to cross-compiling MXML to HTML/CSS/Javascript and never > >>>provide status concerning the compilation of MXML to run in the AIR > >>>environment you are causing the very anxiety that we all deal with? > >>>You know that your employer is going to stop shipping the old > >>>compiler in favor of the new compiler. You know that the Gaming > >>>Guru will not let any resource be devoted to having the new > >>>compiler successfully compile Flex, i.e. Spark Components. So, > >>>exactly where are we supposed to feel confident that the Apache > >>>Flex project will let us maintain 'parity' [your favoirite word] in > >>>regards to compiling our AIR MXML applications with the new > >>>compiler? I have every reason to believe that you will achieve > >>>your objective, which is to have the Falcon work let you > >>>cross-compile to the environment that you believe has future > >>>possibilities, and, as long as one person is on loan one day per > >>>week, to get MXML compilation working, not much reason whatsoever to > >>>believe that on-going developoment of AIR applictions has a future. > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> > >>> To: <users@flex.apache.org>; <flex-us...@incubator.apache.org> > >>> Sent: February 27, 2013 10:05 PM > >>> Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 2/27/13 9:48 PM, "Devesh Mishra" <devesh.mis...@mastek.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> Is there any future of Flex technology, as we can see that there > >>>>are no big improvements are coming in Flex. According to today's > >>>>scenario, Flex is only for desktop application and we are > >>>>entering into mobile technology. So it's a bit difficult to > >>>>understand the future existence of Flex. > >>>> > >>>> If we talk from market point of view, everyone is moving towards > >>>>HTML5/Android/Ios, after Adobe declaration for no support in > >>>>Flash/Flex. > >>> Adobe did not say "no support". Adobe is still supporting Flash, > >>>and you can still purchase Flex support contracts from Adobe. > >>>Adobe donated Flex to Apache so it can continue to be developed in > >>>the open. Adobe continues to make releases of Flash. > >>> > >>> Still, lots of people are moving to HTML5/Android/IOS, and so is > >>> Apache Flex. If you monitor the d...@flex.apache.org mailing list > >>> you will > see > >>>that > >>> we are hard at work on trying to cross-compile MXML and > >>>ActionScript to HTML/JS/CSS which can then be run through > >>>PhoneGap/Cordova to create mobile apps. It is still in its > >>>infancy and we have lots of work ahead, but we are making > >>>progress. > >>> > >>> See [1] for more on one approach we are taking. > >>> > >>> [1] > >>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Alex%27s+FlexJS+Proto > ty > >>>p > >>>e > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Alex Harui > >>> Flex SDK Team > >>> Adobe Systems, Inc. > >>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- > >>> No virus found in this message. > >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >>> Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2641/6135 - Release Date: > >>>02/26/13 > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > >________________________________ > > > >Disclaimer: This electronic mail and any attachments are confidential > >and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please > >notify the sender immediately by replying to this email, and destroy > >all copies of this email and any attachments. Thank you. > > >
