[Laszlo-user] Actionscript vs. LZX

[Elliot Winard]

Tiago,
> But the big thing of laszlo for me is really the philosophy behind it. It is
> supposed to be markup language for RIA that could then be presented in
> several media, like flash, dhtml, svg (who knows silverlight or javafx.. or
> android in the future) and they are taking the first steps in that
> direction.
> If they make it, it's great, cause you do some code and can run it in
> several runtime libs and now being stuck to flash or something else.
>   
The last few releases of OpenLaszlo already provide a way to output to 
DHTML!  Of course, the current compile doesn't provide a way to access 
Flash-specific goodies like embedded fonts and media streaming when you 
compile to DHTML.  But I don't think that Flex provides any option to 
develop for end-users that don't have the most current (or very recent) 
release of Flash.
> But, if you don't mind only using flash as the output and you need high
> performance from your application algorithms and models, you should give
> Flex/AS a try.
>   
I agree.  It's a matter of doing a cost-benefit analysis of the 
different options.  It's both a blessing and a curse to be tied to the 
latest Flash runtime.  Personally, I think it's pretty powerful to be 
able to throw together a few dozen lines of code and build an RIA.  It's 
also pretty cool to be able to build a large application with *tens of 
thousands* of lines of code.  Check out the Webtop platform that what 
we're currently working on. [0]

> You don't have to give exclusivity to any of the two!.. :) just use them in
> the best they can give you.
>   
Amen!  Laszlo code is also just plain fun to write most of the time.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I currently work as a Sr. Software Engineer at Laszlo 
Systems.  I worked at Macromedia on the releases of Flex 1.0 & 1.5 
before I came to Laszlo.
Cheers,
-e

[0] http://www.gowebtop.com