Re: FLASH: Giving away source

[Tony Gunn]

>You don't have to "give away the souce".  The point about JavaScript is

it's

>pretty open for anyone to see.



In my experience JavaScript (on the client) is mainly used to: validate form

variables, populate drop down or list box controls, simple redirection, &

basic detection, and image rollovers.  These functionalities are so minor

(like maybe 5%) in the overall solution that it dosen't matter (to me at

least) if someone copies the code.  But a clever scripter might: define

unnecessary variables, run unneeded selection statements, setup a complex

flow of looped nested function calls and use their side effects as counters

and calls, as well as use cryptic function & variable naming conventions

(l010l, 1010l, l0101, 10lO1), all to throw off the source theif ( or the new

contrator hired to maintin the code ).  If the source theif was able to

decipher what was going on they would likely have the skills to code it

themselves, otherwise the code theif will at least have to clean up the

script and make a flow chart.



>Frankly, despite how much I like (love) Flash... I'd have a hard time

>calling any "code" in Flash serious programming.


All the 'canned' object classes that we have become oriented to in higher

level languages were at one time created with abc's and +, -, *, / .

It's just more archaic because it's in it's youth.


>It's mostly workarounds to

>limits


True, but isn't that the case in all languages?







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