Flash is still considered the dominant technology for creating interactive graphics / animation on websites. It is a flexible software package and it is now considered the most impactful way of animation on the web. Flash is a multi-platform application appearing the same on all browsers and platforms as long as its plug-in has be downloaded. A single graphic can be re-used in Flash over and over without increasing your movie’s overall file size.  Flash also has its own programming language, ActionScript.  This makes it a very powerful web technology, capable of doing just about anything – from dynamically loading content (text, images and videos) to advanced interactive features and integration with backend systems or databases.

Flash content can be indicated on different computer systems and devices, using Adobe Flash Player, which is accessible free for common Web browsers, some mobile phones and a few other electronic devices.

The main development software lets the developer create various types of applications like enterprise applications, SaaS applications, consumer applications and rich media marketing campaigns. An added feature is its highly flexible workflows.

The main reason of the popularity of Flash is that the file sizes are small. The fast download time is on of the advantages of Flash animations. Flash files are compact, efficient, and designed for optimized delivery. Flash is a great authoring tool for interactive content. It lets Easy conversion from a full game to a web version and the Cost is essentially free. The hierarchical visual object model in Flash is the main reason for its fast prototyping ability.

Flex is a relatively new technology based on Macromedia Flash software, a full-fledged development environment ranked to a branch standard. Flex offers a number of remarkable benefits both for developers and end-users, including:

• In-context interactivity due to audio, video, messaging and streaming components.
• Record development time due to powerful coding tools and extensive visual component library.
• Solution scalability and reliability due to a powerful and elegant Flex programming model. Flex-based solutions are easily re-designed or enhanced whenever it is necessary.
• Easy integration into a server application due to a high-performance data synchronization engine between the client and server sides.

Flex architecture gives a modern, standards-based programming model based on XML - MXML. Generating unique UI layouts and behaviors with MXML and giving client-side logic with the help of Action Script 3, Flex makes godly RIAs in record development times. Flex gives flexibility to developers as it is alien-system-integration capable. Flex also includes a rich component library with extensible UIs, as well as an interactive Flex application debugger. Flex works fine with Javascript and AJAX on client-side and .NET, PHP and Java on the server-side, giving it an edge over other non-Flex multimedia and user-interactive web applications.

Santilga has developed advanced programmatic features using both Flash and Flex technologies.  Whether it is Flash for a website or a custom application using Flex, we get it done.