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I need to make a fantastic website for my company. It is my project. I know a bit of flex and AS, but not in depth.
Can anyone tell me how to make cool websites with dynamic features (using flex and AS) so that everyone will like it. What are diff books and resources that I have to go through ?
Do I need to use any other technology in integration with Flex and AS ? What are the books & learning resources for the same ?
Do i need to use flash with flex ? If yes, how should i approach with it ?
Please guide me ... Thanks in advance :)
I can't really tell you how to make it cool, because that's extremely subjective. It also depends entirely on what you're building (e-commerce site, game, etc).
2) Knowing a bit of HTML always helps. However, Flash and Flash Builder can generate the necessary HTML for you. If you're going to need a serverside component, you'll need to know a serverside language like Python, PHP, Ruby, etc. This comes in handy for having users save configurations across sessions, storing data, connecting to other web services, authetication, etc. You may also have to familiarize yourself with a database like MySQL to store data. However, none of this is necessarily essential. You can make a fun game without knowing any of this.
3) Flex is a UI framework for Flash. You can't have Flex without Flash.
Good luck!
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I have to create an application for link and video sharing, similar to facebook. I tried to search any tutorial/demo/code snippet for the same. There are tons for tutorial in php to do that
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Unfortunately, I didn't find any tutorial on ASP.NET. I also tried to convert the php code to asp.net but due my zero level knowledge in PHP I am not able to convert it completely. I did install PHP to ASP.NET 1.x migration but as per tutorial it is not reflecting on VS2005, VS2008 & VS2010.
Can anyone guide me how I can implement the same with asp.net? Or how I can convert the existing code from php to asp.net?
PHP is a pretty simple language to pick up and certainly isn't something that would convert to asp.net without a LOT of rework as the conceptual model is just totally different.
I'd suggest you take a look at the php.net site, specifically the language reference area. That site is the go to place for understanding php. You may also want to start with a simple example and work up from there. That way you can start reading your existing code to figure out what each function call means.
The good news is that php and c# share the same root language so things like foreach work pretty much identically between the two.
After you've gone through a bit of that, come back and post a question about a specific problem you are having or a specific area of the php code you don't understand.
Finally, if your willing to look a project that does this whose only requirement is the usage of json, then check out http://embed.ly
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The question: from a programming point of view, does WordPress allow a similar kind of flexibility that I would get by writing my own Java EE system? E.g. if the site owners suddenly decided that users whose birthday was on a Wednesday had to be sent a notification email and their birthday event had to be entered into a calendar that other members of the site could then RSVP to and then give a star rating afterwards to say how much they enjoyed it... could I do that easily with WP?
Hope that's clear, really welcome any feedback.
Wordpress is a bit easier to get started out with, and you can install whatever plugins you want easily. The only problem with it, is that it is a lot like windows: it accounts for many people's use cases.
For you, with a business/corporate (you mentioned corperate applications before the edit of your question)/extensible platform in mind, I would recommend sticking with what you've got. You've written it yourself (or as a team) so you know everything about it, and what to look for when there is a bug. It's easily extended with your own code, and you don't have to sort through and learn a new language.
Wordpress is great for blogs, as that is what it is designed for. It is good for general purpose websites with dynamic layouts, but relatively static content (blog posts, write it once, edit a few times, but relatively static). Sure, you could write plugins for it, and many have been written, But it won't have nearly the capabilities you seem to require without major extensions.
Also, being written in PHP, it has to be interpreted, as opposed to java, which is a semi-compiled/optimized bytecode (a bit complex) but java runs faster than the equivalent PHP code.
So benefits of your system:
Faster
More reliable
Suited for very dynamic content
Benefits of wordpress:
Easier to extend
Suited for static content
Easier for novices to use (but your own interface may work just fine)
WordPress is incredibly flexible, and can, without a doubt, be a viable framework for your app. You should definitely check out it.
That said, if you're building something this complicated, I'd go with what you know. You're gonna make mistakes and do things in weird ways on your first few WP projects.
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Compared to native apps, my Flex application runs like a hog born by a snail, especially on mobile devices. What tricks can I employ to optimize it's performance, and what trap doors should I avoid?
Use a better architecture, simplify your code, avoid using non-mobile optimized components, be smart about GC, renderers, binding and using often recurring events, use better libraries (TweenLite instead of adobe tween libs), avoid heavy graphics or animations.
The list goes on. Most of these are all PEBKAC though. I've seen some decent performance from Flex on mobile, but it all depends how you code it.
The first step could be to ensure you build your application using release mode, not debug mode.
I'm down voting you and ask you to write a specific question. You have not provided any information for anyone to provide you a reasonable response.
But here is some information.
1) Flex AMF data transfer is faster than XML, AJAX and JSON.
2) If you are comparing Flex to Assembler language in terms of speed, you might want to rethink why you are using a cross platform high level language.
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Ok, I am probably going to get very varied opinions on this question but here goes anyway: what would be the best css layout type for a typical ecommerce site. Typical as in standard grid based product pages, header footer etc.
An infinite number of layouts will get the job done, and its impossible to definitively say which one is 'best'. however, there are a few guidelines that should help:
Make the product look good.If you're going to sell something, you need to make it quickly apparent why your product is awesome. Some prominent images can help this greatly.
Don't make things more complicated than they need to be. Be minimalistic! No one's going to say "Well, the site design is very complex and intricate, so I should probably give them my money..."
Make it easy on the eyes and the mind. Consider usability: people should be able to find what they need quickly and efficiently. The longer people have to spend on your site before being able to buy something, the less successful the site will be. Also, make sure you're using colors that aren't too stressful on the eyes.
When in doubt, look at other successful E-commerce sites. You often don't need to spend countless hours thinking of a new site layout when there are plenty of tried and true designs out there. :D
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I am looking to design web applications that look and feel similar to Groupon, Twitter, etc. I need to stay in the Microsoft arena, since that's what our company developes. We have tried Silverlight, but I have not been too pleased. What should I do?
Twitter and Groupon are basically rich HTML/CSS/JavaScript applications on the front-end. "Rich", because they heavily leverage Ajax and CSS 2 & 3 and are highly interactive (through the use of JavaScript).
ASP.NET is a fine choice for powering such a website. Your team will need to be experts at:
Cross-browser, cross-device HTML. A social networking site also requires a level of support for low bandwidth users and definite support for different accessibility requirements.
A good JavaScript library (or libraries) such as jQuery, YUI, etc.
CSS 2 and CSS 3 (and HTML 5 is around the corner).
Caching mechanisms for handling high traffic.
Asynchronous methodologies (JavaScript is fine) for presenting interactive, dynamic content.