Where I work we have also come to the conclution that Cairngorm brings
lot of problems in testing. So we decided to turn to Aconcagua
(http://code.google.com/p/aconcagua-flex/).

You may want to have a look.

--- In [email protected], "Gregor Kiddie" <gkid...@...> wrote:
>
> 1. We use FlexUnit for our development (well, a tweaked version of
> FlexUnit) and I'm in the process of adding FlexCover to that. We use
> test first as a guiding principle when writing code.
> 
> 2. Our general architecture and therefore designs are geared to helping
> us test the business logic that is written.
> 
> 3. We've pulled way back from Cairngorm and rolled our own, one of the
> contributing decisions for this was the problems in testing Cairngorm
> apps.
> 
>  
> 
> Gk.
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Errol Thompson
> Sent: 15 December 2008 16:49
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Test-driven development in Flex
> 
>  
> 
> I am fairly new to Flex but have a reasonable amount of experience with
> test-driven development in Java and .NET.
> 
>  
> 
> I have been told that test-driving Flex development is not possible. I
> am not convinced as I have been told similar things on other projects in
> the past and then proven that they are possible.
> 
>  
> 
> I am wondering:
> 
>  
> 
> 1) How many people actually use a testing framework (FlexUnit, Fluint,
> FUnit, AsUnit) when doing Flex development?
> 
>  
> 
> 2) Does using a testing framework change the way that you structure your
> Flex applications?
> 
>  
> 
> 3) How many use test-driven development with the Cairngorm framework?
> 
>  
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