Go for it, Trevor. AIR is still a great tool for a lot of kinds of applications.
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Trevor Holman <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. Very interesting. I really like the AIR application work and I’ve > seen some nice useful full blown applications. I don’t think I would ever > be able to code for anyone else I would consider doing my own application > using AIR if that’s a viable route to go? > > Trevor > > > > > > On Jun 20, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Philip Keiter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Desktop AIR apps for Windows and OSX seem to be the most reluctant or > > challenging to phase out. The web apps are easier to replace than the AIR > > apps and there is a greater urge to. It is following the pattern of all > > legacy code. Large institutions with large B2B apps are going to hold > onto > > it for a long time to come. Small startups will do some fresh work with > it > > for the OS cross-compatibility. Other businesses are still in process of > > phasing it out and may be free in a few more years. If you are very > senior > > you may want to stick with it for legacy code pay. If not very senior, > the > > competition will be too tough to win the legacy coding jobs. Working from > > home is still possible but rare. It is largely dependent on the nature of > > the business now. Government and finance never allow it, period. While > less > > restrictive business are more open to it because they are desperate. But > > the less restrictive businesses tend to have an easier time moving on to > > new code, so there are not so many of them. Overall right now there are > > both relatively few jobs and relatively few skilled candidates applying. > As > > Jeffry mentioned, it is mostly maintenance of apps that couldn't for > > whatever reason make the move away from the Flash Platform. So basically > a > > job opens up each time a Flex developer gets a new job doing something > new, > > leaving the Flex job open behind him. There are exceptions to everything > of > > course. > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Trevor Holman <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> While on the subject, is there a demand for AIR applications (as opposed > >> to web-based) or has that decreased as well? > >> > >> Trevor > >> > >> > >>> On Jun 20, 2016, at 2:26 PM, Jeffry Houser <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Finding remote possibilities is possible; but never guaranteed. You'll > >> either need to act like a real company with a sales cycle where the > client > >> outsources projects too. Or you can act as a freelancer; building trust > >> with the client so they'll let you work off-site. > >>> > >>> Flex work is not as easy to come by today as it was before "Adobe > >> November". I don't believe you'll have an easy time finding Flex > work. In > >> my experience the bulk of the Flex work is maintenance of existing > >> applications. > >>> > >>> You may consider looking into Angular or React which are both in high > >> demand and can be used to create similar browser based experiences. > >>> > >>> Your experience may vary. > >>> > >>> On 6/20/2016 1:00 PM, blue12 wrote: > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> > >>>> I’m coming back to RIA development (and to Flex-ActionScript) after a > 5 > >>>> years absence and I am wondering if it’s possible/easy to do Flex > >> contracts > >>>> online, i.e. find contracts where you can work from home (or most > >>>> opportunities involve working on site) ? > >>>> > >>>> IT programming contracts used to be mostly on site, but I’m thinking > >> that > >>>> maybe things have changed ? Any pointers on where these can be found > >> would > >>>> be appreciated. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks ! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> View this message in context: > >> > http://apache-flex-users.2333346.n4.nabble.com/Flex-contracts-from-home-tp12890.html > >>>> Sent from the Apache Flex Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jeffry Houser > >>> Technical Entrepreneur > >>> http://www.jeffryhouser.com > >>> 203-379-0773 > >>> > >> > >> > >
