Not to sound facetious but the OP asked the question after I gave my recommendation to use modules so I thought I would give him the details on how I learned.
Anyway, my personal cost/benefit analysis on all the frameworks persuaded me to just not use any of them. The time to learn them outweighed any benefit I could foresee. We on-boarded a new developer that learned both Flex and our code architecture and had written and deployed a new non-trivial module within two months including back end PHP code with WebORB. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Richard Rodseth <rrods...@...> wrote: > > I think the discussion of modules is only relevant in so far as some > frameworks (Cairngorm?) won't work well with them if they make use of > singletons. > Any reasonable-sized single-module app (a pretty large proportion of Flex > apps, I'd wager) benefits from a good MVC architecture. > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM, valdhor <valdhorli...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > I actually read the documentation around five or six times until I was sure > > I understood it and then used places like Alex's blog ( > > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2007/03/modules.html) to fill in any gaps. > > The biggest hurdle I had was in understanding how to use interfaces so that > > the main app (Which holds the menubar etc) and each of the modules could > > exchange data. Once you figure it out, you will never go back. > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Jake > > Churchill <reynacho@> wrote: > > > > > > I have never written an app using modules. I understand the logic behind > > > it, I've just never had the need. Is there anything regarding modules > > that > > > I should know before starting? > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:27 AM, valdhor <valdhorlists@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have an extremely large enterprise application (24 modules and > > counting) > > > > that does not use any framework. If you can discipline yourself in the > > way > > > > you organize your code, I don't really see the need for a framework. It > > just > > > > adds complexity in my view. > > > > > > > > I would recommend starting with modules if you see the need may be > > coming > > > > later on. I started with a monolithic app while I was learning Flex and > > had > > > > to change over to modules six months in. That was no fun I can tell > > you. Now > > > > that each part is in a module it makes it much easier for other team > > members > > > > to modify the code. It is also a lot easier to follow the logic. I > > would > > > > also recommend a versioning system - we use Subversion. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders% > > 40yahoogroups.com>, Jake > > > > > > Churchill <reynacho@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I have been tasked with architecting a large application for a > > company a > > > > > friend of mine works at. I will also do some of the coding and act as > > a > > > > > mentor, teaching people on staff the ins and outs of Flex. > > > > > > > > > > In the past, I've always used Cairngorm and Cairngorm w/ UM > > Extensions > > > > for a > > > > > framework. I wrote a very basic app w/ Mate once just to learn it and > > I > > > > > didn't really like it. So, my question to everyone here is what > > Framework > > > > > would you chose? Keep in mind, the people I'll be working with are > > > > > relatively new to flex and the application is going to end up being > > quite > > > > > large. Down the road it will likely have an AIR counterpart. We might > > use > > > > > modules but for now I'm staying away from that because it adds > > another > > > > layer > > > > > of complexity that in the initial stages is not needed. > > > > > > > > > > My thoughts on this are that Cairngorm would be easier to learn for > > them > > > > and > > > > > they had talked about brining more people on in the future for this > > > > > project. If that's the case, it would likely be easier to find people > > > > > familiar with Cairngorm than some of the alternatives. But, I don't > > want > > > > to > > > > > rule out any of the alternatives if they might actually be a better > > > > choice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Opinions please. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > -Jake Churchill > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
