I wouldn't say you HAVE to learn AS 2 to use flex. It's extremely helpful, however you can use it without coding any AS 2. If you're interested in seperating business logic from the rest of your applications, Flex supports invoking remote functionality not only encapsulated in compiled Flash, but also web services and java objects. That said, if I had my choice of languages to extend Flex with, I agree with Rick's statement that ActionScript 2 is essential - it's supported natively and is a very robust means of extending the environment. Don't think you must know it to "really do anything" with Flex, though - it does a lot more than you might think right out of the box without knowing AS. The one caveat is that you'll really want to get comfortable with one-liner AS syntax for binding components... but that's not a big deal and requires no prior AS experience.
~Simon > > Rick Faircloth wrote: > > > > I just had a look at Flex and Flex "Explorer" demo...looks intriguing. > > And the coding is pretty straight-forward. > > > > Any idea what kind of price Flex has (or will have?) > > $12,000 is the list price I believe.... > > And, you'll still pretty much have to learn Actionscript if you want to > really do anything. > > - Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184286 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
