AS3 options for mtasc users

I've been a happy user of mtasc ever since I first
discovered it. I love being
able to develop flash on Linux and not having to deal with
the cumbersome
flash IDE.
Recently I've read that AS3 can give pretty dramatic
performance improvements
with the flash 9 player, and I was wondering what other
mtasc users are
planning to do in the future.
I know that Nicolas has moved on to haXe and has said mtasc
won't be updated
to support AS3. I totally understand where he's coming from,
but I don't know
if haXe is appropriate for my project. We have a large
system in php that we
are pretty happy with, so the server side aspects of haXe
aren't really that
compelling for us.
The ability to build the flash part of our app in the IDE,
if needed, is
something we consider valuable so we can easily hire outside
flash developers
without teaching them our build system.
I'm going to look into haXe more to see if the benefits
outweigh the negatives
for our project, but I'd be interested to hear what
solutions other people
have chosen.
-- 
Chris Bare
chrisbareflix.com

-- 
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obe.com/products/flex/sdk/
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regards,
Muzak

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Bare" <chrisbareflix.com>
To: <mtasclists.motion-twin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:55 PM
Subject: [mtasc] AS3 options for mtasc users


> I've been a happy user of mtasc ever since I first
discovered it. I love being
> able to develop flash on Linux and not having to deal
with the cumbersome
> flash IDE.
> Recently I've read that AS3 can give pretty dramatic
performance improvements
> with the flash 9 player, and I was wondering what other
mtasc users are
> planning to do in the future.
> I know that Nicolas has moved on to haXe and has said
mtasc won't be updated
> to support AS3. I totally understand where he's coming
from, but I don't know
> if haXe is appropriate for my project. We have a large
system in php that we
> are pretty happy with, so the server side aspects of
haXe aren't really that
> compelling for us.
> The ability to build the flash part of our app in the
IDE, if needed, is
> something we consider valuable so we can easily hire
outside flash developers
> without teaching them our build system.
> I'm going to look into haXe more to see if the benefits
outweigh the negatives
> for our project, but I'd be interested to hear what
solutions other people
> have chosen.
> -- 
> Chris Bare
> chrisbareflix.com
>
> -- 
> MTASC : no more coffee break while compiling
> 



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> I know that Nicolas has moved on to haXe and has said
mtasc won't be updated
> to support AS3. I totally understand where he's coming
from, but I don't know
> if haXe is appropriate for my project. We have a large
system in php that we
> are pretty happy with, so the server side aspects of
haXe aren't really that
> compelling for us.

haXe already supports Flash9, and is a better language than
AS3.

It's important to know that you don't have to use haXe
server side if
you don't wish to, you can keep your PHP and talk between
the haXe SWF
and your PHP server.

Same for Javascript. You can either use your current JS or
reuse your
haXe knowledge (once acquired) to enrich your website with
JS/AJAX code.

Best,
Nicolas

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MTASC : no more coffee break while compiling