Instructor: Joshua Sager
Course meets March 6, 13, 20 and 27
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Each Saturday will cover a new technology starting with Web Standards, moving on to JavaScript, then ActionScript 3.0, and finally Flex. Each session will be jam packed so bring your notebook and a way to save your work!
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I am sick and tired of reading web related articles and seeing opinions offered to young designers and developers that tell them to avoid flash. What the hell is that all about? I understand there is a movement towards purist web design and with that no third part plugins or leprechaun magic should be used, but come on. Live in the reality that is all around us. We shouldn’t narrow our view to a certain set of technologies, instead we should strive for a balance of the benefits that each technology might provide. Then the next step which seems to be a lost art, think about your approach and match the best technologies to achieve your goals.
I’m tired of seeing “magic pill” books and articles about creating better websites in 10 easy steps. It’s bull! Design is a craft despite the media that has only one rule. Thought. After that it can go in any direction.
Don’t get me wrong, I think its great that we have web standards and I do my best to follow them when its appropriate. But sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to force all ideas and concepts down a narrow set of parameters. That’s what makes the web so great. We have a plethora of options. If we used the internet the way it was “intended” there would be no e-commerce and well would all still be playing zork through a command line.
I understand there is a lot of bad content and horrible web experiences out there. Both HTML/CSS as well as flash. But why as “opinoin-ists” do so many people feel the need to cast Flash aside? It’s obviously popular. People have been using it for over a decade and the development community has been growing in droves year after year.
Instead of fighting over the proper technology lest instead put our passions towards a better experience and continue to push the bounds of what the technologies were “intended”. Thats when something truly great happens and the world is changed.
