Comparison between Ajax and Flex - Wikipedia

Comparison between Ajax and Flex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Widgets

Adobe Flex comes with many user interface widgets in different skins. Custom Ajax does not come with pre-built widgets, but many Ajax frameworks do, ranging from a couple of widgets to over 100. Some Ajax widgets are stand-alone, while others are tightly integrated into an Ajax framework, using the framework’s underlying functionality for event handling, drag-and-drop, resizing, sorting, and so on. An underlying framework makes it easier to customize or extend widgets, and to create completely new widgets. Some Ajax frameworks come with multiple skins for the widgets.

Extensibility

Now, Flex SDK has been Open Source so it also can be extended by external code contributions. Create custom component in Flex is very easy. Ajax is typically more extensible, because Ajax runs in browsers instead of a proprietary runtime. Custom widgets can also be created with Ajax and Ajax frameworks simplify this task by providing reusable functionality.