You are right, HTML layout is painful ( not sure if HTML5 improved the box model in any way ) Onde I needed a consistent grid layout system, nestable up to a few levels deep and ended up using blueprintcss http://blueprintcss.org/ and generating a huge CSS for all kinds of combinations. It worked but it really wasn't pretty...
Good luck on Monday! -- Joan Llenas Masó CTO Garnet Works SL T. 93 848 57 27 -- @joangarnet (es) @joanllenas (en) http://joan.garnet.io On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:50 PM, James Ong <yanlile...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >> >> > >
