On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 01:16:33PM +0800, Bopolissimus Platypus wrote: > On Wednesday 24 September 2003 00:25, Michael Chaney wrote: > > One word: Flash. Laugh all you want, but it is perfect for making a > > web-based client that interacts with a web server. > > damn. is it worth learning how to program in flash? (serious > question). how long would it take to learn how to program > (not do animations, i don't do that at all, someone else > can do that) in flash?
It takes a bit of learning (depends on your programming background), and the Flash creator program costs some money. But for a large project it might be worth it. If you're going to deliver apps over the web, and you need really fine control of the user interface, then you have to choose between javascript, java, and flash. If you can do it in javascript, then that's obviously best. But barring that, I'd probably go with flash before java. Here's a good example of an ecommerce site. I strongly suggest against doing this if you're going to create an ecommerce site, or any public site. I only condone using flash if you're going to have an in-house app for a captive audience. http://examples.macromedia.com/petmarket/store_800.html Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
