If it has not been done yet, and from a marketing perspective, would a SWOT help?
The point of the SWOT (example below) would be to look at the reality and then identify those engaging arguments to (1) answer weaknesses and threats and (2) leverage on Strength and opportunities. We could then select the 3 - 4 key arguments that really makes FlexJS stand out. STRENGTH - Robust AS3 foundations - Multiplatform - Open Source - Security???? (I'm not a developer and need you to confirm) - ... WEAKNESSES - Association with Flash - Abandoned by Adobe??? - OPPORTUNITIES - AS3/Flex a more robust/structured development platform - A potential enterprise class solution - Rebirth into an open source platform - Powered by the community THREATS - Other "native" JS platforms - Potential to be rejected by pure JS/HTML5 developers - Perception of poor security....Flash legacy Berty Tonta ____________________________________________________________________________ LEADSTALK - 4 BENGALI STREET, BEAU BASSIN, MAURITIUS TEL +230 57 43 81 34 - berty.to...@leadstalk.pro - LEADSTALK.PRO On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:38 PM, gkk gb <modjkl...@comcast.net> wrote: > In addition to... > > > "Why should a web dev choose FlexJS to write JS applications, and not go > with a more mainstream option like e.g. TypeScript/Angular?" > > > it may also be useful to think of the end customer. That is, > > > "Why should a company prefer their app to be written in FlexJS rather than > ..." > > > The company will need to support their app throughout its lifecycle by > hiring developers, etc, which, the further you go from mainstream > technologies, is harder to justify. There should be some compelling > business reason(s) to do so (faster development, etc.). > > > > > > > On September 14, 2017 at 6:38 AM Piotr Zarzycki < > piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > Erik on dev [1] list came up wit interesting question. I'm posting > it also > > here: > > > > With the upcoming fork and renewed focus and most likely some > publicity, I > > want to ask the community to answer this question: > > > > Why should a web dev choose FlexJS to write JS applications, and not > go > > with a more mainstream option like e.g. TypeScript/Angular? > > > > I think that if we can answer that question in a compelling way, we > are in > > a good place as a project (from a code perspective, at least) and it > gives > > the marketing folks something to work with. > > > > [1] > > http://apache-flex-development.2333347.n4.nabble. > com/FLEXJS-Marketing-why-should-a-web-dev-choose-FlexJS-td64292.html > > > > Thanks, > > Piotr > > >
