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Flex is a library that sits on top of Flash that provides controls and a layout system. Flash itself doesn't have the concept of a checkbox, drop down list, gr
by Fizzer 15y ago
Flex is a library that sits on top of Flash that provides controls and a layout system.
Flash itself doesn't have the concept of a checkbox, drop down list, grids or any controls beyond a button. Flex adds these.
Flash also doesn't have any sort of layout system other than absolute positioning. Flex adds various layout controls.
It works pretty well, but also increases the size of your .swf file quite a bit.
- mambodog 15y agoFlex also includes an open source SWF compiler, letting you build Flash content without buying the Flash IDE.
- Achshar 15y agoSo flex is to flash what DOM and CSS are to JavaScript? [coming from someone who has never done flash but loads of html5/js]
- Volpe 15y agoNo. More like if you wrote a toolkit for displaying ui items in canvas (I think Mozilla did this with Ace/Bespin/Skywriter/whatever-its-called), then it would be equivalent to flex.