I never used Flex prior to version 2 either and the 6 part article was the main piece that made everything click for me. Its more about the concepts used as opposed to implementation details. Diving in and creating something is also very useful.
HTH, Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Nate Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IN SHORT: > What is the best way to learn Caringorm? > > > IN LONG: > I want to learn Caringorm. I only make flex apps internally for my > company. My "problem" is that everyone loves flex; I would call it > scope creep but it's more like scope run. The bigger the apps get, > the more visible they are and the more people want them. > > I am sold on the Caringorm method of separating things out and making > it very modular. I am excited about learning it and I think it will > make my more productive. > > Now my problem is the learning curve. I have visited > caringormdocs.org. The first thing on the list is the six-part > article from adobe consulting. I've read the first part and it raises > my concerns when it talks about the upcoming release of flex 2 and it > references Caringorm .99 (it's on 2.1 now!). I have 0 experience with > Flex before version 2 and I'm afraid that learning an older version of > the framework might hinder my development. > > The other two learning tools that they list are the Caringorm Diagram > and the Caringorm Diagram Explorer. Now in theory I understand what > is going on. In practice these diagrams don't help me implement the > Caringorm framework. I feel they are geared more towards people who > already have a good foundation. > > My third option is the examples. This is my next plan of attack, I'm > going to go after the basic example and try to duplicate it in a > project that I'm working on. > > So community; what do you guys think is the best way to learn Caringorm? >
