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krafty88 · 06-11-2009, 08:20 AM

Greetings. I have been working in the computer industry for a while
now as both a tech and a network admin. I've done some web work and am
familiar with tools like Adobe Dreamweaver, MS Expression Web, know
some HTML, CSS and have a basic understanding of coding methods - but
I am not a coder. My goal is to be able to create from scratch
database driven RIAs and am considering Flex as an environment to work
in. But there are a lot of other things I need to know as well, and
I'm unsure where to start. I believe I'd be using Mysql as the
database of choice - so I know I have to learn some of this. But a
realistic plan moving forward escapes me. I'm just not sure where to
start, what I should be learning first, and where to focus my
attention.
Is Flex a reasonable choice? One of the issues in looking at moving in
the coding area is the number of different platforms available, Ruby
on Rails, Flex/Flash, Javascript, PHP, it is daunting to a non-coder.
I can build a web server, run IIS7 or Apache web server, I have
deployed web based applications, know how to firewall, and even have
setup a database machine and have some experience with database
admin.
But being able to build an interface to place data into a database,
categorize it, build the database, then create an interface to extract
the data in various ways - this I cannot do, and wish to be able to.
It will be my next career path.
The other issue is - Will Flex be around in 5 years. Ruby on rails?
What environment is the least likely to be a flash in the pan and be
gone in a year.
Any input, help, advice would be most appreciated.
Thank you.

06-11-2009, 08:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
krafty88 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 42 OS: XP	Getting started Greetings. I have been working in the computer industry for a while now as both a tech and a network admin. I've done some web work and am familiar with tools like Adobe Dreamweaver, MS Expression Web, know some HTML, CSS and have a basic understanding of coding methods - but I am not a coder. My goal is to be able to create from scratch database driven RIAs and am considering Flex as an environment to work in. But there are a lot of other things I need to know as well, and I'm unsure where to start. I believe I'd be using Mysql as the database of choice - so I know I have to learn some of this. But a realistic plan moving forward escapes me. I'm just not sure where to start, what I should be learning first, and where to focus my attention. Is Flex a reasonable choice? One of the issues in looking at moving in the coding area is the number of different platforms available, Ruby on Rails, Flex/Flash, Javascript, PHP, it is daunting to a non-coder. I can build a web server, run IIS7 or Apache web server, I have deployed web based applications, know how to firewall, and even have setup a database machine and have some experience with database admin. But being able to build an interface to place data into a database, categorize it, build the database, then create an interface to extract the data in various ways - this I cannot do, and wish to be able to. It will be my next career path. The other issue is - Will Flex be around in 5 years. Ruby on rails? What environment is the least likely to be a flash in the pan and be gone in a year. Any input, help, advice would be most appreciated. Thank you.