It doesn't sound that tough a choice to me. Adobe will support Flash for years, for sure--it still supports Director, with regular Shlockwave updates. Whether there will be a market for us coders is another question. I have a job, with a real salary (I had to put the retirement thing on hold when I found out how much I would have to pay in taxes for IRA withdrawals and my wife still working), and there seem to be plenty of opportunities around for the time being, but more and more companies are discontinuing Flash development.
I agree that the code probably wouldn't be production quality, but I've found taking somebody's code and optimizing it to be a great way to learn a new language. And, of course, JavaScript isn't that tough--it's ECMA 5, while AS3 is ECMA 3. There aren't a lot of surprises in JavaScript for a seasoned AS programmer. Cordially, Kerry Thompson On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:47 PM, James Merrill <jmerri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would really consider saying no to that request, and suggesting a rebuild > that uses modern web standards. There are a lot of web optimizations that I > would almost guarantee an export wouldn't consider... You'd definitely want > to be lazy loading a lot of those assets so the preloading is reasonable. > Ultimately, do you want to be refactoring and fixing AS3 code that Adobe > will hopefully support in the future, or dealing with loads of Javascript. > It's a tough choice :/ > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:31 PM, John R. Sweeney Jr. < > jr.swee...@comcast.net > > wrote: > > > Has anyone played with this? Everything I’ve read, timeline animations > can > > get converted and simple code. I have a 5 frame app that has 50 layers, > > 1000+ library elements and thousands of lines of code that the client now > > wants to go online for all platforms. What a surprise. ;) > > > > I’ll look into the latest update more closely, but was just wondering of > > things like Google Swiffy had gotten better or something else had come > > along. I’ll glad do the research, just wonder if anyone could point me > in a > > direction. > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > > John R. Sweeney Jr. > > Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer > > OnDemand Interactive Inc > > Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 19, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Merrill, Jason < > > jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com> wrote: > > > > > New version of Flash just came out that claims to export to HTML5 > Canvas > > and do Actionscript to Javascript translations. Worth checking out? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > -- > James Merrill > toThePixel.com <http://www.toThePixel.com> > _______________________________________________ > 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
