Flash vs Silverlight vs HTML5; a no-holds barred grudge match is brewing in this industry.  It will divide developers and companies where there was little contention in the past.  I doubt that this will end in a fatality, but the injuries will most likely fall to Adobe because of its current dominance in the field.  Each technology has its pros and cons, and multiple providers can co-exist, but companies need a reason to choose one over another. I predict most of the debate will be based around the development process; ease of development, quick prototyping, effectiveness of tools offered, development environments, unit testing, system integration, as well as application design and planning. If a company can make great applications in less time, it means that they can make more money.

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In my quest to continually improve my Flex skills, I’m always on the lookout for new technologies, open source projects and frameworks. One of them particularly caught my eye when it came out and I haven’t been able to touch it until recently.

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