Is Flex a Good option?

I'm looking to learn and get efficient with an sdk. This along with making my very own inter开发者_C百科active internet site. This site would be pretty simple in structure yet have a couple of tricky aspects like.

1. text uploading.
2. geo targetting.
3. nice gui.

among others.

Do you guys think flex Is the right way for me to go? If not any other advise would be greatly valuable as I wanna get of the right foot.

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Hold on a second. Don't jump the gun here. As I read your requirements, there is nothing that tells me that Flex is a good fit for you.

Don't get me wrong, I love Flex. I use it a TON in my day job. I also use and love Silverlight (another very capable RIA framework). BUT, that doesn't mean that I would jump to either of them when creating a website with the three requirements that you suggested.

Flex and Silverlight are great for data-driven web APPLICATIONS with solid user interfaces. They integrate media really well and they have quite a rapid development cycle. They are not necessarily great for web SITES. Notice that Adobe, themselves, have not written their web site in Flex. The user experience is actually downgraded when using Flex or Silverlight in places where it is not a strong fit.

HTML/Javascript/CSS will take you a long way without the need for Flex or Silverlight. Although some people suggested that Flex works in Android, Blackberry Playbook and iOS, it will not work in the browser for iOS and the browser experience on Android is unusable on most devices. HTML/Javascrpt/CSS will take you anywhere.

That is not to suggest that I am suggesting HTML/Javascript/CSS either.

Again, I don't have any idea what your expected reach is for your site. We simply don't know enough to give you a good recommendation. ANY web technology (Statefull RIAs or Stateless HTTP-based stacks) will sufficiently meet your three requirements.

Tell us more on why you want Flex, and we might be able to answer this more completely. Certainly do not assume that Flex is "Definately" the right way to go based on two recommendations from people with less than 100 cred points.

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Definitely RIA(Rich Internet Application) is what you need, so the best option is Flex because,

1.Application for Web
2.Application for Desktop(AIR)
3.Application for Android
4.Application for Blackberry
5.Application for IOS

All upper points are cover by one IDE/SDK and that is FLEX.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex.html?promoid=DINIJ

Enjoy.

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Yes. Flex is right way for you to create RIA Website.