My suggestion is to pull apart the samples
they’ve released with the framework. Look at the UI, follow the events
and see where it leads you through the framework.
This will help it “sink in”.
Then start a small UI port that leverages the framework…and reference the
samples when you need to. You’ll definitely have tons of questions along
the way (and possible sticking points), then just come back to this list for
help.
-Stace
Good afternoone everyone.
I know this topic has been thrown around quite a
bit in the recent
past but I have a few questions Id like to ask and
not hijack someone
else's topic.
First a little about myself and the project in
question to give
everyone some kind of idea what i need.
I am a longtime ColdFusion programmer (since
1998). In the last year
and a half I have been working on a rather large
application using
Flash, CF, and SQL that is essentially an order
placement / shipping /
tracking / reporting app.
Soon I will begin the second phase of this project
which is
essentially a ground-up rework and I began
investigating Flex as a
possible alternative to the Flash app. I find
Flash (and the IDE) to
be somewhat cumbersome from a development
standpoint.
I have been converting some of the standalone
interfaces to Flex as
kind of a proof of concept trial run to show the
client that it is not
only a viable solution but also the best.
Now, before I send them off to buy 1 or 2 Flex
licenses (not sure
exactly what we need yet since Im not sure
what is needed for a
stable dev server in regards to Flex), new server
hardware to ensure
that the front end Flex app is as speedy as
possible, as well as
various other software / hardware pieces i was
hoping i could get some
insight into a couple of the larger frameworks.
Currently the structure is such that I have a base
movie that acts as
a controller. a user is presented with a login MC
until they provide
sufficient login credentials at which point their
navigation options
are loaded based on their permissions. each
"interface" (order entry,
warehouse, shipment loading, tracking, etc) is set
up as a separate
movie and loaded via the loadMovie() method depending
on which
navigation item is selected. there is also a large
amount of auditing
that goes on behind the scenes to track status
changes, shipment plans
etc.
Ive been looking into the Cairngorm framework but
before I head down
that path i would like to get some input from the
community.
the examples (the remote objects) are written in
java, and while im
not a java guru i can at least understand the
syntax, just not the
implementation as well i would like.
so, that said what would be the best way to dig
into Cairngorm? I
would really like to start this app with
extensibility in mind, as
this project is guaranteed to grow continuously
with new needs.
while im still new to Flex, I find it to be much
more intuitive and
FLEXible (pardon the pun =-P ) and am really
looking forward to
getting into it even deeper with this project.
thanks everyone for any and all help.
looking forward to the future with flex.
--
-chris.alvarado
[application developer]
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