[flexcoders] Here we go again: Flex Vs Java

2007-09-27 Thread Giles Roadnight
I am leaving my current job in about a month and a suggestion has been made that as I am leaving it would be better to re-write our flex / coldfusion sites in jsp and java as that is what the larger company as a whole uses. I need some couter arguments but don't know enough about Java. Replacing

Re: [flexcoders] Here we go again: Flex Vs Java

2007-09-27 Thread Ralf Bokelberg
Maybe show them Bruce Eckels take on this? http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=193593 If they don't know him, he is the guy who wrote the famous Java book Thinking in Javahttp://mindview.net/Books/TIJ4 ) Cheers Ralf On 9/27/07, Giles Roadnight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am

Re: [flexcoders] Here we go again: Flex Vs Java

2007-09-27 Thread Nick Collins
One possible factor you could mention is the learning curve of having to learn a new application. A JSP application is not going to look or function the same as a flex app. On 9/27/07, Ralf Bokelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe show them Bruce Eckels take on this?

RE: [flexcoders] Here we go again: Flex Vs Java

2007-09-27 Thread Samuel R. Neff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Roadnight Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:12 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Here we go again: Flex Vs Java I am leaving my current job in about

Re: [flexcoders] Here we go again: Flex Vs Java

2007-09-27 Thread Paul Andrews
- Original Message - From: Giles Roadnight [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:11 AM Subject: [flexcoders] Here we go again: Flex Vs Java I am leaving my current job in about a month and a suggestion has been made that as I am leaving

RE: [flexcoders] Here we go again: Flex Vs Java

2007-09-27 Thread Matt Chotin
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Re: [flexcoders] Here we go again: Flex Vs Java

2007-09-27 Thread Peter Connolly
My two cents. I don't think that it's a question of Flex vs. Java. Flex and Java work well together. I've built applications using the HTTP and Web Services request facilities of Flex with Java and Java Web Services and they work great. More importantly, *why* are they considering changing