This video is the genesis of Drunk On Software. We had discussed doing an interview on Flex for Software Managers and Architects for quite a while, and only that day decided it could be a series. We start the interview by calling it Scotch Talk and endorsing Chet Haase’s humor book. We are still trying to master things like the audio and video size, so please bear with us.

In the interview, we cover many architecture questions around Flex and AIR in detail, including the following items:

• An overview of Flex
• Joel Spolsky’s (Joel On Software) comment on Flash / Flex not being “webby”
• Potential issues with Flash being a closed platform
• Real cost of adopting Flex for Enterprise Project
  • LiveCycle Data Services (LCDS)
  • Flex Builder IDE
• Flex for large applications
  • Stephan Janssen’s comments on large applications
• Compiler Performance
• Testing Flex Applications
  • Life with Flex: Compiler
• Comparing RIA Platforms
• Performance and Scalability
• BlazeDS
• Security Constraints
• Accessibility in Flex