
People I talk to say that Enterprise Applications built in HTML/JavaScript solutions take 2-5 times longer than Flex solutions do today. It can help you build applications quicker, and give a more consistent experience across multiple deployments. It has a mechanism for communicating with backend servers. It has a mechanism for customizing the look and feel of applications. Saying that "Flash is used to display video content" is like saying "John Lennon was a musician" or "C++ can loop over a data structure." While, both are true but a greatly simplified and do not communicate the full breadth of capability.įlex is UI Framework so it offers UI Components built in ActionScript (AKA The Language of the Flash Player). Flex is a UI Framework for Enterprise development and it leverages the Flash runtimes to allow for easy deployment to multiple platforms-such as desktop browser based applications (targeting Flash Player), desktop applications (targeting Adobe AIR), and Native Mobile Applications (Using Mobile AIR).įlash is used to display video content on a web page right? There are many sites claming that adobe flash and flex can be used an
