I’ve started to be interested in Flex, recently. This interest piqued when I saw some of the rates that were being offered for Flex developers in this area, so I suppose my interest is completely mercenary and not particularly motivated by an interest in the technology, per se. I think that I’m okay with that.
That said, it does look interesting. And, naturally, some people are using Flex front-ends for Rails applications: one good resource in particular looks to be http://flexonrails.net/.
Also interesting is Project Sprouts, which is a gem and seems to make good use of ruby and rake to automate some aspects of ActionScript, AIR, and Flex development. I’ve had no time (yet) to give it a test drive, so this is nothing more than a pointer: if it sounds interesting, give it a look.
Since I’m thinking about ActionScript, this is as good a time as any to revisit the venerable ActionScript Jabberwocky. Enjoy.
The ActionScript Jabberwocky, from http://www.turdhead.com/2004/08/16/the-actionscript-jabberwocky/
Wow. Always good to see the Jabberwocky raise its head again! The scariest part these days is its ancient AS1 text.
Hey Phil,
Thanks for the pointer!
Please let me know if you have any questions once you do try out Sprouts.
Phil – where are you? No posts in almost a month! ;)
:sigh: It's true. I've been busy (but then again, everyone's busy). Some ideas for new posts are percolating. Or perhaps they are steeping. Or fermenting. At any rate… yeah. I'm still here. I keep meaning to write something, but I keep having other things intrude in the priority list.
I will return! I haven't wanted to write one of those “gee I haven't written in awhile” posts, so I've been waiting until I actually have something to write….