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Even Bruce Eckel who wrote the popular Java books, "Thinking in Java", has switched sides and is backing Flex. Qs: Can your application if written in Flex; 1)

by juwo 19y ago

Even Bruce Eckel who wrote the popular Java books, "Thinking in Java", has switched sides and is backing Flex. Qs: Can your application if written in Flex; 1) can it open/close files, in Flex? 2) FTP stuff across, open network connections? 3) can it work offline? If ActionScript is simply a scripting language in the browser, then I doubt it can do the above. So why the hype? - Anil

fauxto 19y ago
http://flexblog.faratasystems.com/?p=115 http://flexblog.faratasystems.com/?p=115 The answer to the initial question, "Is Actionscript 3 a 'real' programming language?" depends entirely on who you're asking. 1) Flex application run in a sandbox, much as Java applets do. Locally, and currently, Flex applications can open files for parsing, but can not write to them. This is remedied with Apollo which is in alpha. Apollo is essentially a Flex application wrapper that provides a file system API, among other things. 2) This really becomes a question of whether or not someone is inclined enough to write the necessary Actionscript 3 as it supports binary sockets and byte arrays currently. Someone has already created a ZIP library. 3) Again, when Apollo launches, then yes. Although, a Flex application can run offline should it not require file system access, and even then files can be opened, just not written to. Actionscript runs in a VM just as Java does, which is irrelevant given that the questions you're asking are entirely arbitrary. The answers to which only tangentially, and tenuously, provide support in defining whether or not a programming language is 'real'. In the interests of providing my own answer... I would say no, it's not quite a 'real' programming language.
- juwo 19y ago
  My interest was - juwo has no users apart from myself. I was wondering about rewriting it in flex.
  - danielha 19y ago
    Do you think rewriting it in Flex will provide you new users?
    - juwo 19y ago
      Have you downloaded and run juwo? Why not? Please tell us frankly. The answer can be revealing.
ryantmulligan 19y ago
The hype is because you can possibly simplify rich websites by fitting your web content into the standardized widgets that Flex provides you, thus speeding up development a lot.
- danw 19y ago
  I think flex will be the perfect platform for mobile devices where the offline/online is needed more.
  - russ 19y ago
    Not to mention Flex/Flash's ability to scale to screen size is much more flexible than laying out pages via XHTML/CSS
  - woot 19y ago
    Not really. Basically Flex is swf itself. ie., flash content. Currently Flash content is playable on devices that come with Flash Lite player from Adobe. As of now,in Flash Lite,data can be temporarily stored on devices using shared objects.

by juwo 19y ago

fauxto 19y ago

http://flexblog.faratasystems.com/?p=115 http://flexblog.faratasystems.com/?p=115 The answer to the initial question, "Is Actionscript 3 a 'real' programming language?" depends entirely on who you're asking. 1) Flex application run in a sandbox, much as Java applets do. Locally, and currently, Flex applications can open files for parsing, but can not write to them. This is remedied with Apollo which is in alpha. Apollo is essentially a Flex application wrapper that provides a file system API, among other things. 2) This really becomes a question of whether or not someone is inclined enough to write the necessary Actionscript 3 as it supports binary sockets and byte arrays currently. Someone has already created a ZIP library. 3) Again, when Apollo launches, then yes. Although, a Flex application can run offline should it not require file system access, and even then files can be opened, just not written to. Actionscript runs in a VM just as Java does, which is irrelevant given that the questions you're asking are entirely arbitrary. The answers to which only tangentially, and tenuously, provide support in defining whether or not a programming language is 'real'. In the interests of providing my own answer... I would say no, it's not quite a 'real' programming language.

juwo 19y ago
My interest was - juwo has no users apart from myself. I was wondering about rewriting it in flex.
- danielha 19y ago
  Do you think rewriting it in Flex will provide you new users?
  - juwo 19y ago
    Have you downloaded and run juwo? Why not? Please tell us frankly. The answer can be revealing.

ryantmulligan 19y ago

The hype is because you can possibly simplify rich websites by fitting your web content into the standardized widgets that Flex provides you, thus speeding up development a lot.

danw 19y ago
I think flex will be the perfect platform for mobile devices where the offline/online is needed more.
- russ 19y ago
  Not to mention Flex/Flash's ability to scale to screen size is much more flexible than laying out pages via XHTML/CSS
- woot 19y ago
  Not really. Basically Flex is swf itself. ie., flash content. Currently Flash content is playable on devices that come with Flash Lite player from Adobe. As of now,in Flash Lite,data can be temporarily stored on devices using shared objects.