how well does flash scale
slightly offtopic:
one of my friends thinks that flash will take over the internet in 5 years, with sites like this one: https://www.beatport.com/ <-- 100% flash.
deeply in my soul i know he is wrong, but i need a better argument then that. ive never worked with flash, but i have a feeling that it might not use model/view/controller and that maintaining it might be more painful then a java webapp.
do you guys have thoughts on this matter?
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mkoryaka] at [2007-11-27 8:12:04]
I used to work with Flash, and I see it dying out. Frankly, it was screwed since Adobe bought it from Macromedia.
It is much, much more difficult to connect to different languages/services/databases with Flash than it is with other languages.
Connecting to a simple SQL database through PHP in Flash is a gigantic pain in the ***.
Let's not forget that Flash Actionscript is dynamically typed. Heresy!
Flash has its place. ActionScript is ok-ish now, and looks to be getting a lot better in the medium term.That said, I think the renaissance of JavaScript will probably put a nail in its coffin in the end.
