So what's the best practices for this process of seperating the MXML and AS?
I'm just getting up to speed with Cairngorm so I figure it would be good to get into the right habits now. I would like to note, however, that one can go into a resursive "perceived optimization" extrme with just about any model, until the effort at not ever repeating anything actually becomes a burden in itself...so I don't believe there is a purest/extremist view that should be applied to any model. There's a threshold of "waiting in the wings" while designing where it just becomes the right time to seperate into an abstractino; granted, I realize code-behind isn't necessarily exactly like an actual pure design (but then again after 3 years of ASP.Net I realize how overkill it can be and I'm finding much more comfort in Java designs; webservices). I've did an IBuySpy store and found after considering it's implementation after 2 years to be just outright un-elegant. C#.Net and VB.Net is more elegant as far as what .Net can really do...and Web Services is really the best target for that and I find MXML consumes them quite well thank you. The way I see it, the majority of the future is Web Services WDSL and Flex Presentation Tier (long term even as long as there is a 3D modelling project for the future of Flash). -r --- Matt Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guilty. The examples in the Flex documentation > usually mix AS and > MXML... but we do this mostly for readability. Plus, > we want people to > be able to just copy a sample out of the doc and > paste it into a file > and run it -- without worrying about file > structures, relative vs > absolute paths, etc. > > This doesn't mean we shouldn't try to improve on the > samples somehow... > > matt horn > flex docs > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Julian Suggate > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:31 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] To code-behind or not to > code-behind? > > > Gidday everyone, > > Years back, I wrote php scripts with code embedded > in the html > and it led to maintenance hassles. Since then, I've > migrated to Java and > now .NET and what I liked about their models was the > ability to separate > the code into "code-behind", something done quite > elegantly in ASP.NET. > These eliminated a lot of the maintenance problems > I'd encountered > earlier with PHP. > > So when I saw macromedia's examples of mxml with > <mx:Script>...</mx:Script> blocks embedded directly > into the mxml, I > immediately searched for a way to avoid this. I > found that i could add a > source=".." attribute to the mx:Script element and > the AS code would be > included by the compiler from an external file at > compile time. The IDE > was even smart enough that any elements I'd defined > with id attributes > in the mxml showed up with intellisense in the > included AS file (I am > using Flex Builder 2, not sure if FB1.5 had that > feature or not). > > But now I'm having second thoughts. It kinda feels > like going > against the grain. I don't want to carry old biases > into a new paradigm > unnecessarily. I read an article by Aral Balkan (of > ARP fame) endorsing > the code-behind approach quite strongly, but by the > same token, all > sample apps from the Cairngorm team freely mix mxml > and AS code, as do > examples from macromedia themselves. > > I note though, that the Cairngorm framework itself > is all pure > AS; it is only the sample apps that use inline > actionscript. > > I can't seem to find a best practice anywhere, > because for every > framework/example/article I find that seems to hint > at one way of doing > things, I find another one that suggests the > opposite! Has anyone else > with more Flex experience than me answered this > question, particularly > in terms of which approach is easier to maintain? > > At this stage, any hints would be appreciated! > > TIA, > Jules > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > ________________________________ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > * Visit your group "flexcoders > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders> " on the > web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email > to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! > Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > . > > > ________________________________ > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! 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