Any great Flex books you'd recommend? On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Joel Stransky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I love the responses so far. It's really helping me wrap my head around the > division of the two tools. I'm going to take Jason's advice and just jump in > and do something in Flex (probably using FlashDevelop) and see where I come > out. The comparison example is definitely enticing and helps me realize that > I can't objective until I have a taste. Even if it only makes my UI creation > easier, I suppose it will be worth it. > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Merrill, Jason < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> With both you can be efficient. As a proof, all the best Flash sites >> are Flash, not Flex. >> >> How do you know? I have seen some amazing Flash sites I thought were build >> in the Flash IDE, and I found out later they were Flex apps, with some >> really great skinning going on. I have also seen some flex-like sites that >> were cool that I discovered were Flash IDE made sites. But in a lot of >> cases, there is no real way to tell what the development environment was - >> maybe if you pulled apart the .swf you could tell, but other than that, it's >> difficult. >> >> >> Jason Merrill >> Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media ยท GCIB & Staff >> Support L&LD >> >> Interested in Flash Platform technologies? Join the Bank of America Flash >> Platform Developer Community >> Interested in innovative ideas in Learning? Check out the Innovative >> Learning Blog and subscribe. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cedric Muller >> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:17 AM >> To: Flash Coders List >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash >> >> >> >> > Getting back to the original question, Ross, another benefit of the >> > Flex compiler - whether you're writing MXML or AS3 - over the Flash >> > IDE is that all the source files for a Flex app (barring assets - >> > images etc.) are text files. Text files are much easier to deal with >> > in version control systems such as SVN or CVS - and version control >> > systems are critical for development within a group of developers. >> >> I may be totally martian here, but ... hmmm, besides the FLA part, >> you can externalize everything in text files too (no code in the FLA, >> just assets (and even...) and external AS files). >> >> This is making me think that, as always, there are big differences >> between the framework provided and the technology used. >> >> Start from nothing, use Flash, try to build up a framework (at least, >> some app building logic), all on your own, and/or with the help of >> other Flashcoders. >> Then, you discover Flex, and this gives you the framework (ie: >> geniuses thought about this for you). You stick to the framework, >> learn to structure code / applications, and then get on the next >> part: being efficient. >> >> With both you can be efficient. As a proof, all the best Flash sites >> are Flash, not Flex. But all the best Flash apps are Flex, because it >> is ... just simply ... simpler. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > --Joel Stransky > stranskydesign.com > -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
