Flash, HTML5, Java

Andrew Oliver Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:25:25 -0400
> people more commonly due UI stuff in Flash or HTML5

That's my impression (though I'm in a much different domain), so I'm
wondering, for folks who are writing/maintaining UIs in a "mostly Java"
context (e.g., in front of a Java backend):

1 How many folks are writing HTML5? It does seem to be "the next big
  thing" (even Microsoft seems to be dumping Silverlight, even on the
  desktop, for HTML5+Javascript). OTOH Flash has much better legacy
  support (IIUC, ICBW). Or are you using AWT, SWT, JSF (did that ever
  catch on?), something completely different?

If you write Flash or HTML5 in a "mostly Java" context,

2 What do you use for glue, and how well does that work? E.g., how easy
  is it to debug the UI when calling it from Java using <your framework/
  kludge here/>?

3 Do you {test, write, debug} {Flash, HTML5} from within the same
  environment as you do Java (using, e.g., <your IDE here/>, <your
  editor here/>), or do you use best-of-breed tools on each side?
  How well does that work?

just wondering, Tom Roche <[email protected]>