Re: [Flashcoders] large projects

2006-04-05 Thread Aaron Silvers
Good question. It's going to be everyone's responsibility to stay on the same page, but if you're leading the effort, you're also going to have to initiate the kind of attention to details that you'll want replicated on the team. You'll probably spend a lot more time on technical

Re: [Flashcoders] large projects

2006-04-05 Thread Sam Thorne
Using some sort of versioning system is an absolute must. Subversion is great, handles fla/ai/etc files as binary properly and deals with Mac resource forks and so on. Pretty easy to set up, and with a couple of nice GUI apps on both platforms (svnX for mac, tortoise for Win).

Re: [Flashcoders] large projects

2006-04-05 Thread JesterXL
- think of using Flex instead of Flash - get a competent and accountable architect to enforce best coding practices - define standards of coding up front, and enforce those standards - use source control (Subversion, CVS, Source Safe) - use develoment servers, staging servers, and production

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] large projects

2006-04-05 Thread John Mark Hawley
.) From: JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/05 Wed AM 09:32:28 CDT To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] large projects - think of using Flex instead of Flash - get a competent and accountable architect to enforce best coding

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] large projects

2006-04-05 Thread JesterXL
in the same places.) From: JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/05 Wed AM 09:32:28 CDT To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] large projects - think of using Flex instead of Flash - get a competent and accountable architect to enforce best

Re: [Flashcoders] large projects

2006-04-05 Thread Mark Lorah
Aaron, Thanks for this. I am pinning your reply to the bulletin board above my desk. Book recommendations are very helpful. I do need to set up Subversion. I think the critical issue that I have trouble getting my head around is best ways to look at design/architecture such that it

Re: [Flashcoders] large projects

2006-04-05 Thread ryanm
This is a general question about workflow. For a long time I have been working on Flash projects independently. Over time everything has gotten bigger. Projects are now at a scale where I must collaborate with other Flash programmers. I am looking for suggestions about best practices for

Re: [Flashcoders] large projects

2006-04-05 Thread Mark Lorah
Thanx for everyone's comments. All this discussion brings to light a sub-topic for me which is testing. I am from a design background rather than a programming background. Now I am primarily a programmer. I sometimes find that I am uninformed about certain programming standard practices

Re: [Flashcoders] large projects

2006-04-05 Thread JesterXL
: Re: [Flashcoders] large projects Thanx for everyone's comments. All this discussion brings to light a sub-topic for me which is testing. I am from a design background rather than a programming background. Now I am primarily a programmer. I sometimes find that I am uninformed about certain