[Laszlo-user] Actionscript vs. LZX

[Rich Christiansen]

Elliot,

Thanks for your thoughts as well.  One of your points that hit me was 
that Laszlo is fun to code with.  That's one area I'd like to explore a 
bit more - the actual development process.  How do the different 
platforms/architectures (Flash/Laszlo/Flex) compare on the following points:

1. Ease of coding
2. Development time
3. Fun factor
4. "Pull-your-hair-out" factor (encountering/diagnosing/overcoming 
strange architectural quirks)
5. Any other differentiating factors?

For ease of comparison, let's assume that in the case of Laszlo, we're 
targeting the Flash runtime.

-Rich


Elliot Winard wrote:
> 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
>
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