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tcoulson · 2008-01-11 #10

Quote: Originally Posted by Nutrox

MXML is "ActionScript for dummies"

This is the only part of the statement that hit a cord with me. Obviously you dislike using MXML for your projects, but I would say for the benefit of the other listeners in our audience that MXML is a quicker markup than writing ActionScript. So if you simply need a quick form, or you want to mock up the skeleton of your application to get you started - use MXML. That being said, ActionScript still packs the punch for Flex projects and if you are creating anything of substance, you will have to write multiple AS files to build out the guts of your project, with a bit of MXML to help get you started and assist with bindings to data.

but are you able to accomplish the exact same results using AS3 or MXML?

This is the part where I totally agree with nutrox. There is the old quote that goes "Anything you can do I can do better". Well that is what ActionScript says to MXML and the Flex Framework. Mostly because it is build on and compiled to ActionScript and the swf format.

	tcoulson	2008-01-11 #10
	Quote: Originally Posted by Nutrox MXML is "ActionScript for dummies" This is the only part of the statement that hit a cord with me. Obviously you dislike using MXML for your projects, but I would say for the benefit of the other listeners in our audience that MXML is a quicker markup than writing ActionScript. So if you simply need a quick form, or you want to mock up the skeleton of your application to get you started - use MXML. That being said, ActionScript still packs the punch for Flex projects and if you are creating anything of substance, you will have to write multiple AS files to build out the guts of your project, with a bit of MXML to help get you started and assist with bindings to data. but are you able to accomplish the exact same results using AS3 or MXML? This is the part where I totally agree with nutrox. There is the old quote that goes "Anything you can do I can do better". Well that is what ActionScript says to MXML and the Flex Framework. Mostly because it is build on and compiled to ActionScript and the swf format.