Kind words! I realize I forgot that many apps will need a place to put the beads.
I think I may expand the page in the help docs about mxml [2], and then reference it from the tutorial. Thinking back to when I started writing code in Adobe Flex, it was hard to figure out at first where to put things; and, a little later, how important it was when working in a team to have a consistent pattern of where stuff was likely to be. My first complex .mxml file had like six different <fx:Script> sections, which sure reduced readability. [2] https://apache.github.io/royale-docs/features/mxml a On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 5:22 PM Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > I'm sorry I can't keep up with the great work you are doing. I only have > time to day that I'm not sure there is only one typical MXML file > structure. Basic Application will require more configuration than MX > Application. Jewel and Express I think are somewhere in the middle. > > My 2 cents, > -Alex > > On 4/22/20, 11:27 AM, "Andrew Wetmore" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, I forgot the valuesImpl section, which I presume appears before the > intialView section. Does anything go in there that is not related to > CSS? > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 2:13 PM Andrew Wetmore <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi, all. I am stepping through the tutorial on our website for > building > > your first application [1], to see if it is clear enough for someone > who > > does not already know how to do this. > > > > I am on the step that starts to build up the data model and use a > service > > call, and am wondering whether, before this, it would be useful to > say > > quickly what the typical layout of the main .mxml file in a Royale > app is. > > > > Please correct me, but I believe the standard structure is: > > > > - .xml tag to indicate the version and the encoding, like UTF-8 > > - open <application> tag with some declarations about namespaces, > page > > title, initial view, and so on > > > > -- <fx:script> area to hold imports from libraries, imports of > > components, initialization of variables, and declaration of functions > > > > -- <fx declarations> area to hold things like effects, > validators, > > and formatters > > > > -- service call area to hold things like <https> calls to fetch > or > > send data > > > > -- <js:initialView> area to hold the visible components of the > user > > interface > > > > - closing <application> tag. > > > > > > Am I missing something in that very-high-level outline? > > > > Andrew > > > > > > [1] > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapache.github.io%2Froyale-docs%2Fcreate-an-application&data=02%7C01%7Caharui%40adobe.com%7C1f62d3361af44d483e9208d7e6eac880%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C637231768373406540&sdata=J5dNLUrS253gajmjwEXgMp1LIJkYTwRbio6IXfWu1xI%3D&reserved=0 > > > > -- > > Andrew Wetmore > > Technical Writer-Editor > > Infra > > *Apache Software Foundation* > > [email protected] > > > > > -- > Andrew Wetmore > Technical Writer-Editor > Infra > *Apache Software Foundation* > [email protected] > > > -- Andrew Wetmore http://cottage14.blogspot.com/
