That is a ton of information Greg, thanks so much! I have viewed the Lynda videos before so I guess its about time to revisit them. I think once I wrap my head around how to move data around I will be ready to jump into a framework, after that sky is the limit! Thanks again for the info..
Dan On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 7:31 PM, greg h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > For more of a walk through on "Dispatching Events from Custom Components" > see this online training title from Lynda.com: > > Flex 3 Essential Training with: David Gassner > http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=438 > > If you do not already have an account for the lynda.com Online Training > Library, you can sign up for a 7-day Free Trial here (requires only an email > address to sign up): > http://www.lynda.com/freepass > > For your immediate requirement see: > 10. Programming with Events > Dispatching Events from Custom Components > Creating and using custom event classes > Dispatching and handling custom events > > Regarding Alex's comment, I concur. > > The following Lynda.com Online Training title can introduce you to the > basics on "Centralizing data storage with the ModelLocator pattern". > > Flex 2 Beyond the Basics with: David Gassner > http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=290 > > 9. Client-Side Data Handling > Centralizing data storage with the ModelLocator pattern > > Note: This lynda.com training video on the ModelLocator pattern > references (but does not use) the Cairngorm "microarchitecture". The > training video covers just using a "microarchitecture free" implementation > of a singleton ModelLocator class. This will give you the simplest, most > straightforward understanding of what Alex is referring too. (Highly > recommended.) > > Several microarchitectures are sometimes used in Flex developement that > implement more design patterns than just ModelLocator. Two that I am most > familiar with are Cairngorm and PureMVC.org. Just be forewarned that in > structuring your codebase around these microarchitectures you will be > committing to some significant overhead in terms of learning and the > ultimate organization of your codebase. (Meaning, save them for some project > after your first ever MVC in Flex project :-) > > Using microarchitetures like Cairngorm do ensure the use of a singleton > ModelLocator classes. For primers on Cairngorm see: > http://cairngormdocs.org/ > http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Cairngorm > > And this must read: > Why I think you shouldn't use Cairngorm > > http://weblogs.macromedia.com/swebster/archives/2006/08/why_i_think_you.html > > For Cairngorm specific support see: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cairngorm-documentation/ > > hth, > > g > >
