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copied!<p>I think your term of 'a lot of large projects' is <em>very</em> relative. Yes, some large companies have used it, but I don't consider any of them large projects. If you look at all of them in the OpenLaszlo showcase, they seem fairly simple interfaces to me. Also note that OpenLazslo compiles Flash, not Flex and associated framework. </p> <p>To me, OpenLaszlo is an alternative for creating simple RIAs in a way that the end code can be compiled into Flash or Javascript. <a href="http://haxe.org/" rel="nofollow">HaXe</a> is another alternative to this, and I think it does a better job than OpenLaszlo.</p> <p>With that said, there's a problem with these "generic" write once, compile to Flash/Javascript framework; it doesn't harness any of the power/advantages of each specific platform. Flash is constantly changing and so is Javascript with the addition of html5 tags and css3. If you ever have experience in both, you'll notice that they're very different in the way they do things and on algorithm might work well with Flash, might not with Javascript.</p> <p>My point being, if you are to choose a technology, go for the one that's more appropriate. If your project has a need to have both Javascript and Flash, then this might be a good choice, but remember that you'll then be losing the 'power' of each. For instance, Flex has a very good skinning architecture and a set of tools that is essential for enterprise development. Javascript can do some pretty neat stuff with selectors, css3, and some other frameworks like jQuery.</p> <p>In my experience, post compilers like OpenLaszlo eliminates those strengths. Plus, if there's a new thing that comes outs (like say, hardware accelerated video/3d for javascript/flash), you have to wait for the people at OpenLazslo to update before you can use it (if they use it). </p>

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