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Flex 2

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Where do you stop!

HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Ruby on Rails, and now Flex 2. Way I figure you never stop. If I have to learn Flex, then you have to too. kidding!

Really though, what’s it going to do for me. Billable hours? I don’t think so, but how do you break into this field without felling like you have to learn everything. To be honest I think the right answer is to ignore all the new sexy stuff and get good at the basics first. CSS is where its at for the newbie.

All the same, I heard that Flex 2 is Flash for adults, not the xxx adult, but mature Flash. I am going to give this a test drive this weekend. I have this form to create for an online course and was thinking Rails, but will give Flex a shot. I listened to a great podcast about Flex by Paul Boag and what’s his name this morning. They had some guy on who talked about accessibility and Flash and he made a lot of sense. Design for accessibility; do not just make it a check mark. I liked that, the social networking of today’s web requires we provide to every possible reader, because it maybe that person to pushes your content on his two friends, and so on….and so on…..

I am addicted to Macromedia ahem, Adobe though. At least my credit card is. I no longer get the student discount. So what is your favorite Macromedia product? Mine is Captivate 2 I banged off an online course this week to keep some bosses happy, and it went off great. I think there is big money in online training these days, that’s why I need to learn Flex. Damn.

I’ll let ya all know on Monday.


Posted in Flex on October 11th, 2006

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2 Responses to “Flex 2”

  1. David Says:
    October 14th, 2006 at 8:13 pm

    No kidding there are way too many languages out there.

    I’m taking a CS course at college now *cough* to avoid a math class *cough*, and it focuses on Java. The time it would take to master Java alone boggles my mind, and then to think about all of the languages that come after it… ICK!

    I don’t know how you people do it…

  2. Arnold Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 11:31 pm

    Thanks for the comment David. I hear ya about Java, I have avoided it up till next month when my Java class starts.

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