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There has a lot of discussion going around in the past days about the big Adobe vs. Apple issues. All because of Flash. Steve doesn’t like Flash. He says, it’s buggy, slow and unstable, which I, as a Flash developer, must agree to partially. But this is only one side of the medal. While the […]
Update: After hearing about some misunderstandings regarding this post, I want to make sure, that the title “Flash – The new Java?” is of course targeted at front-ent software engineering, not backend. Although it’s obvious that noone would ever try to build a web application backend using Flash, I just wanted to make sure that […]
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It’s just a rumor, but it’s being said that there are plans out there that Google will release future versions of Chrome with Flash bundled. If it’s true, this fact would be really astonishing for me, since Google usually tries to push open-source technologies, which Flash definately isn’t. Further, GWT is a direct rival of […]
I often read in Flex-tutorials and -books, that it’s difficult to completely implement a project using the concept of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern. It is being said that the fact that MXML files inherit both, application logic (through ActionScript) and the declarative way of building graphic user-interfaces using MXML syntax, makes it almost impossible to […]
Stop! Before you send me a letter-bomb, read this article first :-) Update: After hearing about some misunderstandings regarding this post, I want to make sure, that the title “Flash is better than Java” is of course targeted at front-ent software engineering, not backend. Although it’s obvious that noone would ever try to build a […]
In case you have ever been asking yourself how to call yourself if you develop Flash-based applications, here is the ultimate guide: If you use the Eclipse-based IDE called “Flash Builder” in order to create Rich Internet Applications using AS3 and MXML, you are a Flash Developer (with Focus on Flex). If you use the […]
Finally, after a long beta phase, the new Flash Builder 4 was released yesterday. FB4 is based on Eclipse and optimized for Flex/AS3 coding. The new version 4 introduces new features for a better workflow between designers and developers supporting the new Flex SDK4 and Adobe Catalyst. For details, check out the Flash Builder 4 […]
I think, I finally found an answer to the question, why one should use Flash instead of HTML5: Binary sockets Newer Flash Player versions allow developers to open binary socket connections, which is not possible using pure HTML5/JavaScript in the browser (HTML5 only supports websockets, which are different). Thus, for example, it would not be […]
The golem.de guys had an interview with Adrian Ludwig, Flash Group Manager at Adobe Systems, and asked him what’s the benefit of the Flash platform compared to HTML5 and if Flash would ever come to the iPhone. The answers are quite interesting. After watching the video, I gotta say that Ludwig didn’t really have an […]