No problem, look for an email sometime over the weekend with some helpful
stuff in it.  Best of luck and have a great weekend!



On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Sarah Davidson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jason,
> I'll check out the article.
>
> If you do have a small sample app, I would love it for reference. I'm not
> having a problem making stuff work, but I feel like when it's done there
> will be a big neon sign saying "amateur" because of how the code is all over
> the place.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Sarah
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Jason Vanhoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Nothing at all to be embarrassed about, the AFFUG regulars are some of the
>> nicest, most accommodating people you're apt to meet in the development
>> community.  I can personally vouch that they've helped me tremendously with
>> little to no ridicule outside my apparent lack of fashion sense. :)
>>
>> The wikipedia article on OOP is pretty illuminating and might be a good
>> first place to start.  See here:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming.
>>
>> Another thing that is infinitely useful in my opinion is networking with
>> other developers and peeking at their code, then asking questions about
>> which parts are done like they are out of necessity, and which are personal
>> preference issues that others may do differently with no ill effects.  If
>> you could get ahold of a smaller, but cleanly coded example application to
>> refer to from time to time, it would probably be fairly helpful.  In fact,
>> not to speak for anyone else, but I wouldn't be surprised if lots of folks
>> herein, myself included, would be more than happy to send one to you as a
>> FlexBuilder backup.
>>
>> In any case, don't hesitate to drop by a meeting, because we were all
>> beginners once and everybody remembers what it was like, and John and the
>> folks at AFFUG are all great people and more than happy to bring another
>> into the fold.
>>
>> Plus, every time another developer learns Flex, an angel gets its wings!
>>
>> ~J
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Kit McCormick 
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Ditto.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Charlie Hubbard
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > Ok here's roughly how I setup my folder structure for a project (again,
>>> for
>>> > future reference, folder structure is not a design pattern).  As noted
>>> in
>>> > other replies this isn't a standard, and lots of people will have other
>>> > opinions about the perfect layout.  There are some rules you have to
>>> follow
>>> > (like actionscript packages have to be nested folders), but other than
>>> that
>>> > it's what works for your project. This is from the perspective of a
>>> Flex
>>> > project.  Doing AIR projects there are other things to consider
>>> (database,
>>> > support files, etc).
>>> > project_root
>>> >    bin-debug       [1]
>>> >    bin-release     [2]
>>> >    html-template [3]
>>> >    src                [4]
>>> >       com
>>> >          mydomain
>>> >             Class1.as
>>> >             Class2.as
>>> >             ...
>>> >             ClassN.as
>>> >       assets     [5]
>>> >          images
>>> >          css
>>> >          fonts
>>> >    lib             [6]
>>> >    tests         [7]
>>> >    doc           [8]
>>> >    build.xml   [9]
>>> > [1] compiler debug output from FlexBuilder goes here.  FlexBuilder
>>> creates
>>> > this for you so not to worry.
>>> > [2] compiler release output from FlexBuilder goes here.  FlexBuilder
>>> creates
>>> > this for you so not to worry.
>>> > [3] HTML template used for running in FlexBuilder and possibly your
>>> site.
>>> >  FlexBuilder creates this for you so not to worry.
>>> > [4] action script and mxml go here.  Typically you'll put your
>>> actionscript
>>> > in some package like com.mydomain
>>> > [5]  assets folder holds my css, icons, and any fonts (if I have those)
>>> > [6] Any dependant SWCs I keep in lib.  FlexBuilder usually adds this to
>>> my
>>> > project for me.
>>> > [7] All unit test code goes here (again following the package structure
>>> > layout).
>>> > [8] Any project documentation, or AS doc I put there (optional)
>>> > [9] My build file I use with Ant to build my project from the command
>>> line,
>>> > and automated builds.
>>> > HTH
>>> > Charlie
>>> > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Sarah Davidson <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi.... this is the first time I've tried this and I'm just beginning
>>> with
>>> >> Flex. Please excuse what may seem like silly questions :)
>>> >> For most things I have been trying to do, I have been able to find
>>> >> solutions online or in my books, but the one thing that I can't find
>>> any
>>> >> good and consistent information on is organizing everything. All the
>>> >> examples work with just one file. So far there are two things that I'm
>>> >> trying to figure out (since my project has lots of files):
>>> >>
>>> >> A folder structure (design pattern?). I want to be tidy.
>>> >> A place to put all my WebServices so I don't have to copy different
>>> pieces
>>> >> to every single component. Is there a way to do some kind of include
>>> that
>>> >> references a file that lists all my services?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thank you!
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
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