Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps
Manish, Thanks for the info. I'll play arround with it, just to get the grip on things. Daniel You'll need some setup MXML, like so: Application initialize=main() Script source=main_script.as / /Application In your main_script.as you write your main function (which is an instance method on the Application-derived class). From there it's all yours. It'll be hard to do it without a _single line of MXML_ -- there's just so much setup code required (see the -generated.as file) that it's not work writing by hand. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps
On 11/3/05, Daniel Cascais [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just started playing around with Flex 2's alpha and AS 3, so I might be missing something. Are we [going to be] able to build code-only Flex apps, using Flex components without a single line of MXML? You'll need some setup MXML, like so: Application initialize=main() Script source=main_script.as / /Application In your main_script.as you write your main function (which is an instance method on the Application-derived class). From there it's all yours. It'll be hard to do it without a _single line of MXML_ -- there's just so much setup code required (see the -generated.as file) that it's not work writing by hand. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps
I've just started playing around with Flex 2's alpha and AS 3, so I might be missing something. Are we [going to be] able to build code-only Flex apps, using Flex components without a single line of MXML? I can't see any drawbacks with code-only (if you look at other languages), but there might be, for which I would also like to hear comments besides the yes/no answer. Thanks, Daniel Cascais Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps
You could do insanity like this: http://www.helpqlodhelp.com/blog/archives/000140.html But then, you are missing out of the benefits of using MXML. Seperating your business logic and presentation, or more plainly, MXML lays my stuff out, and the code handles logic, with nothing to do with repetitive, time wasting, GUI stuff. - Original Message - From: Daniel Cascais [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:04 AM Subject: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps I've just started playing around with Flex 2's alpha and AS 3, so I might be missing something. Are we [going to be] able to build code-only Flex apps, using Flex components without a single line of MXML? I can't see any drawbacks with code-only (if you look at other languages), but there might be, for which I would also like to hear comments besides the yes/no answer. Thanks, Daniel Cascais -- 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 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps
The more you can factor out into mxml, the better (I've found). But we have a VERY dynamic presentation, including a dynamically generate graph (vertex/edge kinda graph)...along with a tabnavigator that has an arbitrary # of tabs, and within those tabs are controls that may or may not appear...etc, etc. So AS coding is inevitable if you want your app to be VERY dynamic. But @ the same time, when I can manage to label something as static, then I'll try to make an MXML component because it's quicker and it's easier to manage the layout. Joey From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXLSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:17 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps You could do insanity like this:http://www.helpqlodhelp.com/blog/archives/000140.htmlBut then, you are missing out of the benefits of using MXML. Seperating your business logic and presentation, or more plainly, MXML lays my stuff out, and the code handles logic, with nothing to do with repetitive, time wasting, GUI stuff.- Original Message - From: "Daniel Cascais" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:04 AMSubject: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex appsI've just started playing around with Flex 2's alpha and AS 3, so Imight be missing something.Are we [going to be] able to build code-only Flex apps, using Flexcomponents without a single line of MXML?I can't see any drawbacks with code-only (if you look at otherlanguages), but there might be, for which I would also like to hearcomments besides the yes/no answer.Thanks,Daniel Cascais--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps
Don't get me wrong; 90% of my work currently in Flex is ActionScript; mainly because I'm building just what you said, extremely dynamic components. ...however, using those components is lovely, easy, MXML. - Original Message - From: Mink, Joseph To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:20 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps The more you can factor out into mxml, the better (I've found). But we have a VERY dynamic presentation, including a dynamically generate graph (vertex/edge kinda graph)...along with a tabnavigator that has an arbitrary # of tabs, and within those tabs are controls that may or may not appear...etc, etc. So AS coding is inevitable if you want your app to be VERY dynamic. But @ the same time, when I can manage to label something as static, then I'll try to make an MXML component because it's quicker and it's easier to manage the layout. Joey From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXLSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:17 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps You could do insanity like this:http://www.helpqlodhelp.com/blog/archives/000140.htmlBut then, you are missing out of the benefits of using MXML. Seperating your business logic and presentation, or more plainly, MXML lays my stuff out, and the code handles logic, with nothing to do with repetitive, time wasting, GUI stuff.- Original Message - From: "Daniel Cascais" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:04 AMSubject: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex appsI've just started playing around with Flex 2's alpha and AS 3, so Imight be missing something.Are we [going to be] able to build code-only Flex apps, using Flexcomponents without a single line of MXML?I can't see any drawbacks with code-only (if you look at otherlanguages), but there might be, for which I would also like to hearcomments besides the yes/no answer.Thanks,Daniel Cascais--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links -- 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" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps
Yes indeed! Nothing like the convenience of MXML when you can use it...and it's easy to forget to use MXML if you're a developer fresh off another programming project (Java, C++, etc). From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXLSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:27 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps Don't get me wrong; 90% of my work currently in Flex is ActionScript; mainly because I'm building just what you said, extremely dynamic components. ...however, using those components is lovely, easy, MXML. - Original Message - From: Mink, Joseph To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:20 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps The more you can factor out into mxml, the better (I've found). But we have a VERY dynamic presentation, including a dynamically generate graph (vertex/edge kinda graph)...along with a tabnavigator that has an arbitrary # of tabs, and within those tabs are controls that may or may not appear...etc, etc. So AS coding is inevitable if you want your app to be VERY dynamic. But @ the same time, when I can manage to label something as static, then I'll try to make an MXML component because it's quicker and it's easier to manage the layout. Joey From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXLSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:17 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps You could do insanity like this:http://www.helpqlodhelp.com/blog/archives/000140.htmlBut then, you are missing out of the benefits of using MXML. Seperating your business logic and presentation, or more plainly, MXML lays my stuff out, and the code handles logic, with nothing to do with repetitive, time wasting, GUI stuff.- Original Message - From: "Daniel Cascais" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:04 AMSubject: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex appsI've just started playing around with Flex 2's alpha and AS 3, so Imight be missing something.Are we [going to be] able to build code-only Flex apps, using Flexcomponents without a single line of MXML?I can't see any drawbacks with code-only (if you look at otherlanguages), but there might be, for which I would also like to hearcomments besides the yes/no answer.Thanks,Daniel Cascais--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps
Most definately. It took me months to feel comfortable working in MXML... months I tell you! I kept wanting to go back to my ActionScript comfort zone. - Original Message - From: Mink, Joseph To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:29 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps Yes indeed! Nothing like the convenience of MXML when you can use it...and it's easy to forget to use MXML if you're a developer fresh off another programming project (Java, C++, etc). From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXLSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:27 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps Don't get me wrong; 90% of my work currently in Flex is ActionScript; mainly because I'm building just what you said, extremely dynamic components. ...however, using those components is lovely, easy, MXML. - Original Message - From: Mink, Joseph To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:20 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps The more you can factor out into mxml, the better (I've found). But we have a VERY dynamic presentation, including a dynamically generate graph (vertex/edge kinda graph)...along with a tabnavigator that has an arbitrary # of tabs, and within those tabs are controls that may or may not appear...etc, etc. So AS coding is inevitable if you want your app to be VERY dynamic. But @ the same time, when I can manage to label something as static, then I'll try to make an MXML component because it's quicker and it's easier to manage the layout. Joey From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXLSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:17 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex apps You could do insanity like this:http://www.helpqlodhelp.com/blog/archives/000140.htmlBut then, you are missing out of the benefits of using MXML. Seperating your business logic and presentation, or more plainly, MXML lays my stuff out, and the code handles logic, with nothing to do with repetitive, time wasting, GUI stuff.- Original Message - From: "Daniel Cascais" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:04 AMSubject: [flexcoders] Code-only Flex appsI've just started playing around with Flex 2's alpha and AS 3, so Imight be missing something.Are we [going to be] able to build code-only Flex apps, using Flexcomponents without a single line of MXML?I can't see any drawbacks with code-only (if you look at otherlanguages), but there might be, for which I would also like to hearcomments besides the yes/no answer.Thanks,Daniel Cascais--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links -- 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" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
