The more I read here, the more I am on the fence. On the one hand, I use FlexBuilder every day and love AS3 as a language. But at the same time I think Steven has a good point here. In the end I actually think Colin is 'mostly' correct with his post.
What we need is for the tools to support simplifying usage of the language. Let the developers creating RIAs use the power of the language, let the designers creating simple interactions use the simplicity of a tool. The problem here is that Flash CS3 falls short of simplifying, while FlexBuilder does a great job of giving developers access to the power of the language. Steve Mathews Senior Team Lead Flypaper Studio, Inc. 2999 North 44th Street, Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85018 www.flypaper.com On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Steven Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Everyone forgets their roots. Nobody remembers what it was like when they > were first learning Flash and learning the basics of programming. > > Colin Moock forgot his roots when six months ago he wrote an article about > how easy AS3 was to learn and how n00bs should be learning it right out the > gate. > > Colin Moock has now remembered his roots and written what amounts to an > effective retraction of his original article. > > Anyone who looks at the archives of Flashcoders knows where I stand on this > issue. People who say all these features in AS3 are much better are either > > 1. Experienced, talented coders, or people who came from other programming > languages. > > 2. See 1. > > Yes, it's really bad to put scripts on MovieClips or nested in some timeline > somewhere. But, it's also really good for some designer who just needs to > get some glorified banner out the door. > > Yes, it's questionable OOP to use _parent._parent, and it's certainly hard > to maintain, but it's also really good for some animator who just needs to > set the text of some TextField two levels up. > > Advanced coders often take their intelligence and knowledge for granted. > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
