http://sitebuilder.100smartsolutions.com/difference-between-actionscript-and-flex-builder-2-how-do-they-differ-in-use/ Blog about site builders Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:41:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://sitebuilder.100smartsolutions.com/difference-between-actionscript-and-flex-builder-2-how-do-they-differ-in-use/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Rex M Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:09:47 +0000 http://sitebuilder.100smartsolutions.com/difference-between-actionscript-and-flex-builder-2-how-do-they-differ-in-use/#comment-460 Flex is built on top of Flash, so think of Flash and ActionScript as the underlying technology, and Flex is a more specific application to help developers create certain types of applications more quickly and easily without having to worry about the dirty details, because it takes care of those for them. Flex is especially designed for multi-tier applications designed for web delivery, not so much for plain sites. Flex is only appropriate when you are looking to build robust, complex web applications. Flex is built on top of Flash, so think of Flash and ActionScript as the underlying technology, and Flex is a more specific application to help developers create certain types of applications more quickly and easily without having to worry about the dirty details, because it takes care of those for them. Flex is especially designed for multi-tier applications designed for web delivery, not so much for plain sites. Flex is only appropriate when you are looking to build robust, complex web applications.

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