Hello, So I'm trying to nail down a work flow for building flash sites (read: not flash applications) in as3. I had just about mastered fast seo friendly as2 sites when as3 came out and now that I'm making a concerted effort to modernize my skills I feel like I'm starting from scratch in many ways.
Enter frameworks. So far I've looked at Gaia<http://www.gaiaflashframework.com/index.php>, PureMVC <http://puremvc.org/content/view/67/178/>, Mate<http://mate.asfusion.com/>and Enterprise Architect <http://www.sparxsystems.com/products/ea/index.html> (please add any others I haven't listed) On the upside, I like the idea of rapid development and reduced monotony. But the most important thing to me is extremely lightweight blazing fast flash using the least amount of bloat. In a perfect scenario, I don't want extra file size due to wrappers of core commands. So, assuming I'm comfortable with the file size/rapid development trade off with one of these packages, my concern then becomes one of dependency and learning curve. After learning a new API, am I going to have to hack or work around it for those interesting situations that always seem to pop up? What if something major changes on the flashplayer and my chosen framework doesn't address it? I fear becoming too dependent on a 3rd party api. I'd really like to know what you guys are using, any development horror stories you have because of it as well as any insight you can provide about the concerns I've listed. Thanks for your time. -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
