.Net Blues

[PlausiblyDamp]

Also for Web apps, portability to other platfornms is looking more and more viable.

 

check http://www.go-mono.com for the recent message regarding their Web Service implementation.

[Denaes]

I never said I was building a webserver or asp site.

 

I said I was going to use Flash as an alternative to VB.Net for creating an application, which also could be thrown up on a web server (which is a bonus) as well as being run on client computers.

 

I already weighed the fact of speed of programming vs speed of use.

 

And Portability is very important. It doesn't matter if you're just running something off a server, but I"m not. I'm still creating an application for use on computers.

 

You guys brought up ASP.Net, I'm using Flash ActionScript as an alternative to VB.Net.

 

I'm sure I'll try ASP.Net soon now that I found a program that acts as the server (a few posts up)

[Robby]

My mistake, when I hear Flash I automatically think Web, that's why I brought up ASP.NET.

So you're creating desltop applicaions using Flash?

[wyrd]

I said I was going to use Flash as an alternative to VB.Net for creating an application

 

:eek:

[PlausiblyDamp]

Same here - never really though of Flash as anything other than a web technology.

[Denaes]

My mistake, when I hear Flash I automatically think Web, that's why I brought up ASP.NET.

So you're creating desltop applicaions using Flash?

 

Its a big bonus that you can just upload the file and run over the web also.

 

its not a terribly complicated application, all it needs is to read/write XML datascructures (for datastorage), other than that, perform some math functions.

 

Its mostly a Role Playing Game Assistant. (tabletop, not computer RPGs). Lets the Gamemaster (person in charge) keep track of locations, plot points, adventures, characters, notes, random plot/adventure generation, die rolling (with statistical info based on die type), NPC and villian storage.

 

With flash I can also (way more easier than with VB) add in a way to create maps, combat representations.

 

Its also going to have a logon, so players can view and update their stuff without seeing the GM's secrets.

 

Just like that, lickity split, you can put it up on a server and your players can get their information from the internet.

 

I KNOW vb.Net can do all the things I want, but some of them (anything involving graphics for instance) is just another realm of complexity.

 

So like I say, ActionScript 2.0 seems to be the best tool for my job right now.

 

For all I know, there are other languages/scripts that would work better, but for graphics WITH programming, Flash is the easiest I've seen. Not the most efficient, just easiest :)