On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Todd Geist <t...@geistinteractive.com>wrote:
> Where is a good place to stick all this data? custom Props on substack? > > I am going to try to mimc some of the things I like about the web > frameworks > I have used lately. I am not sure if this will be possible but I am hoping > to create some kind of local representation of the sever data. Something > like the Model in MVC. Not really in the sense of OOP, but more just as a > place to encapsulate logic that operates on the data. > > For example if I building a contact management app, is there some place I > can build some logic that describes a person and what it person can do? > > I think I see I can create custom props on an object like a button. And > even > setup some getters and setters thats a start. > > Has any one gone down this path? Does it get you anywhere? My take on it - When trying to create custom objects that play the part of a model I usually turn to library stacks (this will actually be part of one of my presentations at RevLive). I then write handlers for getting and setting object data, performing actions on the object data, etc. Storage of the data doesn't really matter. It can be in a custom property, an encoded array stored in a file on disk, etc. The primary reason I stay away from using getProp/setProp is that the messages will never be triggered if messages are locked. Since the model doesn't know what the view/controller are doing there is no guarantee that messages will be unlocked and you may end up with getProp/setProp handlers that are never executed. I found myself scratching my head as to why certain code wasn't executing on more than one occasion. I use getProp/setProp to extend properties of controls in the view all of the time, however. Another reason is that I find that targeting a button on a stack somewhere that is serving as a data object can get a little long in the tooth. -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems ScreenSteps: http://www.screensteps.com LiveCode Resources for Developers: http://livecode.bluemangolearning.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
