Hundreds libraries? Just JQuery and any solid JS framework will do. I been using Flex, Scala (Play! or Lift framework) and PHP/Javascript/CSS for years. You will need to understand Flex is not one-size-fit-all technology and slowly you should get used to it.
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:40 PM, sathyamoorthi <sathyamoorthi...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know where to share my thoughts. As a hard-core flex > developer i just dump my thoughts here. > > Yesterday, i started to build a web app using HTML. As a first > step i tried to build a layout. I don't have anything special. below is my > layout. > > > After a long struggle i designed and positioned my header > correctly. Then i came to my main page which contains 3 containers. If it > is flex, i will code like this, > > <mx:HGroup id="grp" width="100%" height="100%"> > <mx:Group id="grp1" width="300px" height="100%"></mx:Group> > <mx:Group id="grp2" width="100%" height="100%"></mx:Group> > <mx:Group id="grp3" width="300px" height="100%"></mx:Group> > <mx:HGroup> > > Above code will take less than a minute and should work perfectly > in all browsers as i think. But you know guys i am trying above layout > for a day in HTML. still i didn't get it correct. > > Usually in flex, > > grp2.width = grp.width - grp1.width - grp3.width. > > But in HTML, > > grp2.width = grp.width. How good it is? i don't know. And > another thing, i tried to layout 3 div's inside another div horizontally. > That is also really painful. > i tried float, display and lot more options. Nothing helps me to get it > right in all browsers. I know it is easy with Table. but i should do it > with divs. > > Hundreds of libraries there in JavaScript. But really nothing > contains that number of good components and layout features like Flex. I > really hate programming in a day. > > * NOTE: Please don't reply with any HTML codes.* I will > continue and succeed on Monday anyway. It is just a story, how a flex > developer struggles to migrate to HTML because > of HTML5 storm. > > Happy Weekend!!!!! > > -Sathyamoorthi. > >
