tag:robotlegs.tenderapp.com,2009-10-18:/discussions/feedback/236-rl-flex-in-the-enterprise-future-viabilityRobotlegs: Discussion 2012-12-20T12:43:58Ztag:robotlegs.tenderapp.com,2009-10-18:Comment/201776222012-10-29T17:11:33Z2012-10-29T17:11:33ZRL / Flex in the enterprise: future viability?<div><p><em>(a very general question I know, but I value the
perspectives in this forum on this topic)</em></p>
<p>Am I being too short-sighted to still be actively developing new
enterprise applications with Robotlegs / Flex?</p>
<p>The Adobe / Apache events of the past year are well known and
heavily discussed, so I don't mean to rehash all of that; but at
the end of the day, I still find that I can create valuable new
applications using Robotlegs / Flex, with a quality and speed that
I cannot yet replicate with HTML5 / JS-framework-du-jour / etc.
Therefore, I don't see the sense in transitioning away now, simply
because it will eventually be deprecated in the general development
community. My primary deployment platform is still the desktop
(Windows and Mac), so until those OSs declare they'll no longer
support Flash Player... Robotlegs / Flex is still a viable choice,
yes?</p>
<p>Am I missing something? Like, they're not shutting down desktop
Flash Player any day now, right? And it's not like I can't
gradually expand our knowledge and experience into HTML5, as it
matures for the enterprise (e.g., Montage sounds promising); or use
AIR to deploy our first mobile apps. And even if Flash Player were
to keel over completely in say, five years - that's a lifetime in
the app development world! And we'd be squeezing out quality from
the Robotlegs/Flex sponge all the while.</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing any thoughts on this. In the
enterprise/intranet world, I find that technology
evolution/adoption runs on different rhythms than the consulting /
external-facing world; so while the sky may be falling at a
particular rate outside, I don't always experience the same level
of panic on the inside.</p>
<p>best,<br>
-Peter</p></div>pdemlingtag:robotlegs.tenderapp.com,2009-10-18:Comment/201776222012-10-29T20:41:38Z2012-10-29T20:41:38ZRL / Flex in the enterprise: future viability?<div><p>Use the best tools to hand for the job. If its flex robotlegs
use them. If Its HTML 5 use that. Don't get sucked into
partisanship, don't stop learning new things. Doesn't half the
world still run on Cobol?</p></div>neiltag:robotlegs.tenderapp.com,2009-10-18:Comment/201776222012-10-30T21:50:09Z2012-10-30T21:50:09ZRL / Flex in the enterprise: future viability?<div><p>That has been my prevailing sentiment; I just question myself
every now and again, when I don't see external championing of Flex
from nearly all of the previous Flex champions. But I suppose that
is more of a reflection of the business-marketing side of their
roles (primarily consulting), than a pragmatic technology
decision...</p>
<p>I guess I just wish there was more to the public talk of Flex
than "Flex is dead, what are we doing with HTML5 now?" But you are
correct, it can be it's own world of COBOL, and that can be fine
too.</p></div>pdemling