--- In [email protected], "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Bruce, is the problem that you haven't been able to figure out how to do
> this, that you don't think you should have to figure it out, that you're
> not clear on how to subclass, or something else?
Gordon, let me answer some of the questions you raised (and some that you did
not raise).
1st. Everyone who is using flex and does NOT write their entire application in
1 mxml file
has learned to subclass. We are all doing this every time we create a new
component for
our applications. Let me answer your question on why I (and from your
comments, many
others) are reluctant to extend a class each time we want new features. While
I am older
than dirt and have been building custom business solutions for about a zillion
years, keep
in mind:
These are MY opinions
I might be wrong!
Too many source files. I use a 24" monitor (and really need the 30"
one!) so I can
see many tabs in eclipse @ once, however, having to open up a new file for EACH
grid that
I want to customize is less than appealing
Too much abstraction and indirection. One of the reasons that I do not
use
Carniform is that it adds to the complexity of tracing an application flow.
Each of my
applications has:
o My Main Application MXML file (pretty small)
o What most people call a model locator file (I renamed my GLOBALS) which
has all of
the variables (and functions) that are shared between components .
o A component for each "screen" . Each component (usually based on a
panel / canvas
or other container has the application logic and the UI.
o A VO for each of the "records" that I need to work with
o A CFC for my Coldfusion Code.
I am a single developer building complex business solutions and I can find my
way though
the code months later. My code reads "procedurally" which works for me.
Justify Time ($$) for business solutions. It is easy for me to tell
the customer that to
build a screen to display his orders will take "X" hours. Telling him that it
will take "X"
hours to be able to have code to enhance the UI does not always fly as well.
and perhaps most importantly, I want a RAD solution where I can focus
my time on
providing a business solution rather than enhancing the tool! I make my
living in
providing "just in time" business solutions. Just like a Label field where I
can type:
fontWeight = "{(model.currentBalance == 0) ? `bold' : `normal'; }"
I want to be able to do similar with a datagrid. This is RAD, this is AGILE
development.
(There is a strong correlation between the # of lines of code and the # of
bugs!)
Bruce
