**Qualifying statement: I'm an expert on neither Flex nor Laszlo. I am answering from what I've heard and read added to my limited experience actually using both Flex and Laszlo to build test applications.
One thing to note right off the bat is that I believe the Laszlo apps compile to the Flash 5 format, thus cannot utilize the features of AS 2, but they will play on a few more browsers. I'm not sure that the number of supported users is a really important distinction since the vast majority of machines out there have the latest player, but it is something to think of if you're worried about it. From everything I've heard/read, Flex is much, much easier and quicker to develop. In Laszlo apps, lzx files are composed of their xml-based mark-up and javascript, whereas the Flex markup seems more familiar to the CF developer who's learned some basic AS. For a CF developer, Flex would seem much more simple to learn too, owing to the familiarity with MM products on the whole and the (in my opinion) vastly superior documentation. Furthermore, many of the developers using Flex are the same developers you've been talking CF with for several years, which makes it a lot easier to know whom you need to seek out when you have a question. In fact, while I don't have numbers to back up my supposition, I'd venture to guess that the vast majority of people developing Flex apps are also CF developers or at least Flash developers with a fair amount of CF knowledge. I have not found this at all to be the case with Laszlo developers. Of course, even if I could list points 50:1 in favor of Flex, it's still priced *WELL* out of the reach of most while Laszlo is free. I wish my company could afford Flex, as I'd jump on it with both feet. As it stands though, my limited work with the free developer version is likely to be my last/only chance to work with it. MM has decided that they'd rather go elsewhere with the product and has priced it ludicrously high. (and yes, I am very bitter about that) --Ferg Bryan Stevenson wrote: >Pardon me if this "vs" thread has already happened ;-) > >So which is easiest for a CFer to learn? How steep is the learning curve? > >Is it fair to say that both are basically a tag based version of ActionScript >(broad picture...not a feature by feature comparison)? if not why? > >Anything else useful to a CFer looking into these? > >TIA > >Cheers > >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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:213628 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
