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commit a8257ea6a7cac33139705f8eb711cbb7a78e6ee4
Author: Andrew Wetmore <and...@cottage14.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 22 19:40:44 2020 -0300
Update mxml.md
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The declarative XML-based user interface markup language
-MXML is an XML language that you use, when building an application in Royale,
to lay out user-interface components.
+MXML is an XML-based language introduced in 2004 by Macromedia. In Royale you
use it to lay out user-interface components. You can create an application in
Royale using only [ActionScript](features/as3), but it takes a lot more work.
-Most Royale applications have an MXML file as the main file in the app. It
provides the structure of the application, and generally imports resources and
functions that the app needs.
+Most Royale applications have an MXML file as the main file in the app. It
provides the structure of the application. A simple main MXML file might look
like this:
```mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
@@ -53,3 +53,7 @@ Most Royale applications have an MXML file as the main file
in the app. It provi
</j:Card>
</j:Group>
```
+
+## What goes where ##
+
+The more complex the application is, the more things the main MXML file needs
to be able to support and do. Typically, a developer organizes the file so it
is easy to locate things in it. Some elements must be inside certain tags, and
for others you have a lot of flexibility. However, if you are working in a
team, it is good to have an agreement about what goes where so nobody wastes
time or adds in code that already exists somewhere else in the file.
