It really depends on which kind of application you want to deploy. I was more thinking of common "entreprise" oriented applications, e.g. a few views, with a few lists and a few forms. For 3D rendering I agree that it is not the best way to go.
2012/11/17 sébastien Paturel <sebpatu.f...@gmail.com> > Does not cordova only launch a web browser wrapped in an native app? > If so, its very bad result in terms of performances right? > in a native app environement, we can leverage from 3D rendering (the best > performances), but with cordova solution, we will use the lowest performant > renderer available, the HTML5 renderer. > it does not sound very promising to me, but maybe i'm wrong. > > > Le 17/11/2012 14:14, Nils Dupont a écrit : > > Has anyone tried to make a bridge between Apache Flex and Apache Cordova? >> I mean generating an Apache Cordova HTML5/JS application from a Flex >> Mobile >> MXML/AS3 application (at least for a subset of Flex Mobile components e.g. >> views & transitions, lists, input controls, native APIs access, web >> service >> access, etc.) >> Apache Cordova has the advantage to be able to target 7 different mobile >> OS >> and of course is open source. >> For the UI controls, it is possible to use different librairies (JQuery >> UI, >> Twitter Bootstrap, etc.) >> Maybe it is also an other way to consider in order to be able to deploy >> Flex Mobile applications to mobile devices without >> the use of Air runtime? >> Nils >> NB: Concerning desktop applications, Flash Player remains, in my opinion, >> the best way to deploy cross-browser applications. >> >> >> 2012/11/17 Maxime Cowez <maxime.co...@gmail.com> >> >> Are developers on this list still able to earn a living building new >>>> >>> Flex apps, or are you maintaining old ones? >>> >>> I was actually hired 9 months ago by my current company to set up a new >>> Flex development branch, as they wanted a share of the market in that >>> area. >>> As such I am mainly creating new "enterprise" apps for government clients >>> so I can take full advantage of Spark and don't have to worry about >>> legacy >>> too much. From my experience in that short amount of time I can tell you >>> this: we started by creating small(-ish), fairly risc-free projects, >>> which >>> we could deliver with very good quality and on time even though on a >>> tight >>> deadline. Because of Flex's RAD (rapid application development) >>> possibilities we were able to use prototypes to discuss functionality >>> early >>> in the development process. All of which lead to very satisfied >>> customers, >>> of which some were known to be "clients from hell". Bigger orders are >>> rolling in as we speak. >>> >>> I'd like to highlight one specific approach we took in selling Flex: a >>> customer wanted us specifically to use Dojo as a technology. We took the >>> risk to develop a small prototype in Flex and presented it to them. They >>> saw immediately that the UX was far superior to what they were used to. >>> And >>> we told them we could *perhaps* deliver the same with Dojo, but it would >>> cost them at least twice as much (which is a true estimate - not just for >>> selling purposes - and we had just proven by delivering the prototype in >>> no >>> time). They did not have to think very long about it... >>> >>> We've been trying out various enterprise-level HMTL5/JS frameworks and >>> the >>> truth is, none of them comes even close to what Flex can do in terms of >>> stability, possibilities, performance and most importantly (for the >>> customer) development time. And yes I've included performance in that >>> list: >>> none of those enterprise-level frameworks have decent performance >>> compared >>> to Flex when presenting lots of data; I'm only speaking of classic >>> web-applications here. >>> >>> @paul There's a team not far from my desk that's making a GIS application >>> with GWT: the project is a total mess and we're loosing money on it. >>> >>> To sum it up: from my experience Flex as it is now still can be sold in >>> markets that are not too sensitive to buzzwords. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Paul Hastings <paul.hasti...@gmail.com >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> Are developers on this list still able to earn a living building new >>>> Flex >>>> >>>>> apps, or are you maintaining old ones? >>>>>> >>>>>> in our neck of the woods flex is still kind of king for old school >>>> GIS >>>> applications (analytical/decision support/etc.) especially w/ESRI >>>> >>> backends. >>> >>>> mainly for desktops & some stripped down functionality for tablets--much >>>> >>> of >>> >>>> the processing is shared between client & backends. >>>> >>>> while i'm sure there are some big/complex JS/JTML5 apps for this market >>>> somewhere, haven't actually seen any. >>>> >>>> >>>> >
