Thanks for the feedback and perspective, Bryan! Rick
-----Original Message----- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:br...@electricedgesystems.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 1:22 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: Is Coldfusion losing its biggest asset? replies inline Rick.... On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 12:45 -0500, Rick Faircloth wrote: [sinp] > > I mention this as I wondered about Flex, based on the > comment a few moments ago. I checked out a few examples > of Flex demos and didn't see anything, on a cursory > look, that I couldn't easily do (or currently do) in jQuery. Ditto....I can do it in jQuery, but it's WAY harder and you will still have CSS cross-browser issues at some point. Spend a few weeks with it and you will see just how easy GUI development can be. I had the same impression you did until I dug in. > > Based on the Adobe site's comments, I would have to learn > MXML, ActionScript 3.0, and utilize Flash to build > rich-interface applications. MXML = easy.....just tags like CF...they make perfect sense and are far better than what we have on the HTML side AS 3 is based on ECMA....same as JavaScript. Yes it can do more things, but it's REALLY easy to pickup No "utilizing Flash"...write the code....the Flash part is done for you. This is NOT like doing Flash Remoting or any of that older hooey using the Flash IDE (timeline is dead and buried) > > I can do that now with CF, CSS, and jQuery (totally free > and being developed for cross-platform mobile devices). (Of course, > Flash adds more interface graphics capabilities...but Flash > is another world unto itself.) again....don't think Flash....and it's only like $400 for the IDE....free to host. That $400 is WAY worth the investment for increased productivity. > > Flex, to me, seems to be a rather "involved" endeavor. Nope...amazingly easy to pick up > > I'm also moving rapidly (preparing, at least) into mobile > development, as I see that as a field about to really explode > with possibility for developers. I get to return to my current > clients and say "you really need a mobile version of your website," > and still use just CF, CSS, and jQuery to build mobile sites. broken record here....easier/faster...deploy to Android ...and hey...apps are reigning supreme....mobile sites seem to be dying 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: br...@electricedgesystems.com web: www.electricedgesystems.com Notice: This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed unless expressly authorized otherwise by the sender. If you are not an authorized recipient, please notify the sender immediately and permanently destroy all copies of this message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340689 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
