| Feature |
Adobe Flex |
Adobe Flash |
AJAX |
Snapp MX |
Development
Environment |
Workstation based product which is only available for
Windows. |
Workstation based product which is available for Windows and Mac. |
Workstation based (typically Eclipse is used). |
Web-based supporting
development from
anywhere, anytime.
Available for Mac,
Windows and Linux.
No Flash authoring
tools are required. |
Development
Focus |
Complex designer applications. |
Animations and designer applications. |
Form-based
data-centric applications. |
Sophisticated
form-based
data-centric applications. |
Application
Deployment |
Along with the
Flex Framework,
Applications are
compiled into one or more Flash movie (.SWF) files. |
Application is
compiled into one or more Flash movie (.SWF) files. |
HTML files containing DHTML code make calls to the AJAX Runtime library functions. |
Small packets of
XML representing
user interface
screens are
transformed by
the SNAPP MX
Runtime module
when requested. |
Development
Team |
Business Analyst,
Graphic Designer,
Systems Analyst. |
Business Analyst,
Graphic Designer, Systems Analyst. |
Business Analyst,
Systems Analyst. |
Business Analyst,
Systems Analyst. |
User Interface
Development |
Visual layout
with form-based
attributes.
Client-side logic
hand coded in
ActionScript. |
Timeline-based
visual layout
with form-based
attributes.
Client-side logic
hand coded in
ActionScript. |
Handcoded in DHTML (Typically Javascript). |
Visual layout
with form-based
attributes. Client-side logic created and managed through the IDE. No ActionScript
Coding. |
Web Service
Development |
Hand coded. |
Hand coded. |
Hand coded. |
Dynamically generated
in JAVA. Generated code can then be further modified by
hand. Alternatively for simple CRUD functions there is a built in
library of Default web services. |
Web Service
Interaction |
VIA WSDL or Flash Remoting Gateway. |
VIA WSDL or Flash Remoting Gateway. |
VIA WSDL or Flash Remoting Gateway |
VIA Flash Remoting Gateway. |
| Learning Curve |
High |
High |
High |
Low |
Development
Speed |
Moderate |
Low |
Moderate |
High |
| Cost |
High |
Moderate |
Free |
Free |
