+1 for design view. On Feb 22, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Pepe <pepe.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 for Design View > > 2012/2/22 Dimitri k. <k...@noos.fr>: >> After the discussion on the ML about the Design View, I thought it would be >> a good idea to ask Deepa at the Flex Paris meeting if Adobe could consider >> to open-source it after the removal from next version of Flash Builder. >> Frédéric Thomas, also on the ML, was quicker than me and ask Deepa about >> that. >> She said that Adobe hasn't thought about it because they didn't believe we >> were interested, but she was thinking it could be a good idea. >> In fact, the Design View is a Flex app, so the community can easily >> contribute to it, and legal scrubbing should not be such a drag. >> >> She concluded that the best thing to make it happen would be to show >> interrest for the open-sourcing of DV on this list. >> >> I know that lots of people don't care about the Design View (I rarely use it >> myself), but here are 4 reasons I think it could be a good move for Apache >> Flex: >> >> - DV is a great tool to understand the MXML paradigm, particularly for >> people coming for a Flash Pro background (timeline+stage), and its removal >> would increase the barrier of entry to Flex. >> >> - I heard several times about devs for which the DV is central to their Flex >> workflow. It's often the case for heavy form-based application, where >> standard Flex components are use exclusively and the Design View help >> avoiding "design re-compilation". >> In fact, I was told by an Adobe enterprise evangelist that he sold Flex to >> some big companies mainly because of the Design View and the ease they see >> in it to train their employees. >> >> - DV can be really helpful when designing Mobile apps, because you can test >> quickly your design with different resolutions and orientations >> >> - If we have access to the Design View code, maybe we could improve it in a >> way that even current Design View haters would use it ;) >> >> Dimitri K.
