Comments on: Flash is Not a Stepping Stone!

By: HelenLee

HelenLee — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:15:52 +0000

Wonderful! I am just in a spot where I am trying to stick to all kinds of “best practices” for programming, structuring code, OO and whatnot, but often wondering why we spend hours on a small animation (or big) that I would do in 10 minutes straight in flash and put in a reusable moviclip… and it would look so much more alive probably…
But the most important thing is that for me since Futuresplash, coming from animationwork, it was like getting a magic wand. Most of all it was fun! Creative! Now… animating with code, yes I know all the advantages but it is … boring.To sit handson and get timing right with the actual visuals on stage is just something else then punching numbers.
I can do both and will use just the best (and most interesting!) way-tool for the projects. With no shame whatsoever! (but no bloats)

By: Saravanan

Saravanan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:36:22 +0000

Hi,

But any extensions from adobe and code samples for using the extension are available for flex only … making flash developers like me to forced to use flex… even i know flex i cannot use the facilities of the extensions with Flash+Air.

If the things available in common for example merapi, commandproxy..and some new releases on adobe labs targetting flex and flex users…

-sara
http://www.designscripting.com/

By: Interactive Agency

Interactive Agency — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:00:26 +0000

It’s like any technology, there are so many excellent technologies out there and all of them do wonderful things and have their own best fits, but any language in the hand of a crappy coder will product a crappy product.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:10:59 +0000

Well said!

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By: gingerman

gingerman — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:22:44 +0000

I am from a design/art direction background, but after much hard work & experience am a quite good coder ( when I have the time to be ).

I was taught at college – never let the technology get in the way of creativity. I guess you could apply this here.

I use alot of technology in my work, but at the end of the day if it is used gratuitously the creative may suffer.

Nice article – that’s how I code ( horses for courses )

By: nicemandan

nicemandan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:15:23 +0000

Personally I think this is more a discussion about the grey area between Flash Designer and Developer. As a Flash Developer, I personally stick everything in classes and try and use the best OOP practices my head can come up with.

However, I also work with animators and designers who do everything on the timeline, but that’s not a problem. So long as it’s all in a MovieClip, I can manipulate it how I want, from the classes I write.

By: mrock

mrock — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:38:10 +0000

word to this blog.

By: VeryVito

VeryVito — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:18:14 +0000

Sounds like common sense, true, but… it’s not so common. I’m surprised by how many hiring managers are asking for “multimedia designers” with a firm understanding of Flex application framework design, or “application developers” who can create the next great animated Web cartoon.

There are some of us who fortunately can work in both worlds, but the two are quite different, and it’s always good to hear someone recognize that both qualify as “serious professions.”

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Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:48:33 +0000

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