Hi The Expert!..
Just asking, sorry if someone has answered this simple question already
Are you guys going to make AS3 extension in the future??
OR
better for flash developer to stick with Java for Server-side Extensions??
Server Side Extension - AS3?...
From http://www.smartfoxserver.com/2X/faq.php#A20:
So, in summary - there is no plans for supporting AS3 in the future. I'd recommend learning Java. It's very alike to AS3. It only took me one full day to convert my AS1 script to Java (and I had no knowledge of Java).Yes, Java (JDK 6) will be the only server side language for production.
Given the level of performance and scalability that SFS2X is able to offer it would be a pity and a bad idea to introduce a significant bottleneck as an interpreted language can be.
Java also provides full control over threading and concurrency which is essential for scalable code. The JDK 6 will anyways make it possible to plug in your favorite scripting language engine (rhino, jython, jruby) if you need it. This can be a good way for prototyping ideas that later will be translated in Java extensions. As mentioned in the above feature list we have put a lot of effort in re-designing the server Java API improving coding simplicity, elegance, and adopting Java 6 best practices as much as possible.
Finally we already distribute an embedded Python interpreter (Jython) for prototyping/testing extensions.
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