Hi Sri,
> how should start my career with flex, should i learn flash, xml, php,
> asp or shall i directly learn flex
I'm not a Flex expert (yet) - in fact I'm somewhat in the same position
that you are in. But I've been scouting around, trying to get answers to
this question, and can perhaps share a bit of what I've learned.
If I'm wrong I'll count on the list to correct me. :-)
First of all, you don't need to learn Flash to learn Flex. If you want
to learn Flex, learning Flash will be more of a diversion than anything.
Not that you shouldn't learn it at some point - it might come in handy.
It just isn't the most direct route.
Second, you can learn some Flex without learning other skills, except
perhaps XML. You write your Flex applications in MXML and ActionScript,
and MXML is XML, so it helps to know the principles of XML. Then learn
MXML and ActionScript. The tutorials in the Getting Started manual are a
good place to start.
But Flex is most valuable connected to back-end databases, so you might
want to aim for learning Flex Data Services. You can do some
data-connection stuff without it - with the HTTPService and WebService
components - but FDS is very powerful.
In either case you'll need to know some back-end technology to connect
to. You can either learn it fairly thoroughly or learn it somewhat and
team with someone who knows it better. I'm planning to team with a
friend who's fairly good at Java. Other options include PHP, Ruby,
Coldfusion and probably others. At this point I'll ask for input from
the list on what technologies are in greatest demand... Personally, I
think that Java is a pretty good bet, but I suspect that the others are
too...
Finally, keep trying. There aren't many Flex developers yet. It's a
great technology. From what I'm hearing, there's already more demand for
developers than supply. :-)
Douglas
PS I've just started a blog and have links to resources for Java, PHP,
Rails etc. there:
http://www.brightworks.com/flex_ability
flexdeveloper wrote:
>
> Hi
> how should start my career with flex, should i learn flash, xml, php,
> asp or shall i directly learn flex, give me suggession
>
> Thanks
> sri
>
>
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