By kirillcool
via infoq.com
Published: Aug 26 2008 / 17:28
Let’s face it: The client has not been a friendly place for Java programmers. Java technology on the client with applets, Swing, and JavaFX has had limited success. JavaScript, despite its name, is almost nothing like the Java language. And Adobe Flash—well, it’s just like JavaScript. Or is it? It might have been the case that Flash was like JavaScript a couple of years ago, but with the advent of ActionScript 3, a lot has changed. And I think you’ll find a lot to like.
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JohnnyLobby replied ago:
JavaFX has picked up a lot of success mid-December 2008. With the release of not just the 1.0 version of the language & libraries but coming with an IDE environment which includes live preview mode, debugger, and profiling - it is not exactly the hardest language to develop in now. Plus, JavaFX runs more than 10x faster than ActionScript.
The free FLEX implementation of ActionScript has a lot of these development capabilities too, though.
It probably comes down to how much developers using each language/environment will be able to achieve in terms of pushing the bar, creating sizzle, achieving high quality/stability, and sheer quantity/economics of their work product output.
Good article. It is surprising to see how close to looking like Java ActionScript has become. ActionScript has certainly evolved a lot since its inception.
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