well one of the big advantages of flex is that you can use remoting, web services, xml whatever very easily, actually it's kinda sick how easy it is and you dont have that with laszlo.
Also laszlo seems to always be publishing at least 2 versions of flash behind the current version and if you are making RIA's of the future then this should be of great importance to you. Then with laszlo if you need support be prepared to buy it and it's not cheap. Laszlo also doesnt support the same type of customization especially with components that flex does so if you need a completely custom or fitting look then flex is the choice. Flex is part of the whole flash platform and being able to run actionscript in it is obviously a great advantage plus all the other products you can use with it. There was something about laszlo on shared servers that was hidious but I cant recall what it was but I wouldn't plan on using it on a shared server and if u can afford flex then you wont be on a shared server. ~Dave the disruptor~ "A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation." ---------------------------------------- From: "Trevor Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:13 PM To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Subject: RE: Open Lazlo vs. Flex But if you can do ActionScript in Flex then can you not call CF remoting components to access database then? -----Original Message----- From: Matt Woodward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 1:08 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Open Lazlo vs. Flex >OK...I'm still missing the bigger picture.... > >As I said already...the Lazlo demo leads me to belive it's only for UI >coding (although there is talk of data....but via XML only). Flex and Laszlo are both presentation servers, so yes, they only deal with the front end and presentation of data. > >So does Lazlo (and Flex) have an equivalent of: >-database interaction (CFQUERY) >-conditional logic (CFIF/CFCASE) No, and yes. ;-) Database interaction is done through another technology such as CF, for example. Laszlo and Flex don't talk directly to the database--that's not their job. Using ActionScript in Flex you can of course do all sorts of logic on the scripting side. I *believe* Flex uses JavaScript as its scripting language, so whatever you can do in JS would apply to Laszlo. >Or perhaps even simpler....can either of these do what CF can do (i.e. >build an entire application) or are they more for the interface side of >things and then levergae J2EE or CF for the "rest" of the app? Depends on what your app needs to do. You CAN build entire apps in Flex or Laszlo, but without a database behind them, I'm not sure how useful they'd be. Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:213642 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
