Flex is a UI framework and a bazillion times more complicated than any httpd. Flex is the BEST UI framework I have ever used and contains some brilliant innovations. It is not a patched-up knock-off of somebody else's work. Sun's java people have been struggling for YEARS to close the gap between swing and Flex. I can only assume that some really, really smart people worked on Flex.
-1 for modularity On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Rogelio Castillo Aqueveque <roge...@rogeliocastillo.com> wrote: > Hi guys, I have been reading the thread and I think Bertrand has a very good > point here, for me this is the biggest "thumbs up" so far. > > +1 for modularity > > Cheers > > R > > --- > Rogelio Castillo Aqueveque > roge...@rogeliocastillo.com > > > > > On 4/01/2012, at 5:54 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Michael Schmalle <m...@teotigraphix.com> >> wrote: >>> ...I also think that the list should really have a decent discussion about >>> the >>> future uses of interfaces and the lack of them in the framework to allow for >>> customizations through composition instead of subclassing or copy and paste >>> craziness.... >> >> I have extremely limited knowledge of Flex or its internals (which >> might actually be a good thing in my role as an incubation mentor >> here) but from this and other comments in this thread I sense that >> improving modularization and "composability" of Flex might help >> avoiding difficult discussions about which component is better than >> another one. >> >> The Apache HTTP server project is an excellent example of extremely >> modular software, and I think a big part of that is because people >> couldn't agree of what needs to be in a web server. By reducing the >> server to a minimal core, and having plugins for most everything, the >> part on which everybody must agree is much smaller. >> >> In summary, I think modularity is a very powerful tool to avoid >> conflicts in large open source projects ;-) >> >> -Bertrand >
