Why javascript API and no FLEX?

CarlosHernandez8 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:23:57 GMT

Re: Why javascript API and no FLEX?

TimWitt2 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:28:34 GMT

Carlos,

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Tim

Re: Why javascript API and no FLEX?

CarlosHernandez8 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:45:04 GMT

Tim,

Muchas Gracias!!

Re: Why javascript API and no FLEX?

TracySchloss — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:21:32 GMT

Our organization decided not to support FLEX even before ESRI decided to move away from it. The main reasons were security issues with the Flash Plug-in and the lack of support on mobile devices.

I will also add that when I was developing FLEX, there was a steady stream of updated Flash Players getting pushed in our organization, largely because of security holes in Flash. Every time they pushed it, it broke my debug environment. There was a debug version of the Flash Player I needed instead, which was replaced by the new standard Player every time they pushed an update. I was constantly having to find the appropriate debug equivalent for the newest Player. It was a pain!

I miss FLEX, but it seems like there's been a strong move to Javascript and the forum posters and ESRI staff participants I used to see on the FLEX forums are all now present on the Javascript posts. That was definitely the writing on the wall for me that I was time to give up FLEX.

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