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FrameworkQuest 2008 Part 6: The Exciting Conclusion
November 22 2008
Well kids, it's been a wild ride. We've looked at five implementations of a simple Twitter client built with no framework, Cairngorm, PureMVC, Swiz, and Mate. We've talked about important things like pronouncing the framework's names, architectural patterns, Inversion... read moreFrameworkQuest 2008: Introduction
November 21 2008
FrameworkQuest 2008 Part 1: Take a Step Back Frameworks Frameworks, frameworks, frameworks. We talk about them all the time. What’s the best one? Which one ticks the most boxes off the pattern checklist? What’s everyone using these days? We talk... read moreFrameworkQuest 2008 Part 2: Get Control with Cairngorm
November 21 2008
Carebear? Carhorn? What? Cairngorm is the Flex Framework with the odd name that’s been around almost since the beginning of Flex. It was created by a company called iteration::two, which went on to become Adobe Consulting’s European practice around the... read moreFrameworkQuest 2008 Part 3: Framework Agnostic Views with PureMVC
November 21 2008
Last week we took a look at how to clean up our Twitter client by using Cairngorm to separate the concerns according to the time honored MVC architectural pattern. Now we’re going to see how it feels to work with... read moreFrameworkQuest 2008 Part 4: IoC With Swiz
November 21 2008
With a name like Swiz, it has to be good, right? Welcome back, friends, to part four of our ongoing effort to understand these four Flex frameworks. This time we’re going to look at Swiz, a relative newcomer, created by... read moreFrameworkQuest 2008 Part 5: Mate, the Pure MXML Framework
November 21 2008
Let’s get this out of the way first thing. It’s Mah-tay, not M-eight. Like the drink, the creators of Mate, Nahuel Faronda and Laura Arguello, come from Argentina. If you’ve never tried Mate (the drink), you should - it’s tasty.... read moreAnatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA Part 20: Administration Section: Layout and Navigation
June 06 2008
This installment concludes our series on Flex, LiveCycle Data Services, and EJB 3.0 by exploring the administrative section of the application, showing more managed data features, and looking at server push from JMS to Flex. read moreAnatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA Part 19: User Section: The Search Process
May 27 2008
In the last installment of Anatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA, we worked on building the Flex view. In this installment we're going to continue looking into the Flex view by examining the search tools in our application. read moreAnatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA Part 18: Building the View
May 19 2008
In this installment of Anatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA we're going to continue building the Flex view. We'll see more of mxml, Flex's layout language, and Flex's powerful binding framework. read moreAnatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA Part 17: Testing Flex
May 13 2008
We've already seen how to automate the Java unit tests with TestNG, and in this week’s installment of Anatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA we're going to automate our Flex tests with Flex Unit and Maven/Ant. Join us Mondays as we finish up our series, Anatomy of an Enterprise Flex… read moreAnatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA Part 16: The Models
May 05 2008
In the last installment of Anatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA, we looked at the Cairngorm command. In this installment we're going to have a look at the model locator. Follow along with each stage of development, every Monday on InsideRIA.com. read moreAnatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA Part 15: Commands and Controllers
April 28 2008
Join us every Monday for the latest in our follow-along-at-home development series, Anatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA. This week we're focusing on Cairngorm commands and controllers and where they fit in our development. read moreAnatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA Part 14: Services and Delegates
April 21 2008
Last time we looked at Cairngorm and its role in our application. This installment of Anatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA, we're going to look at Cairngorm’s business delegates and how to set up a service oriented architecture in Flex. Join us every Monday for the next installment in our… read moreAnatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA Part 13: Building the Flex Service Layer
April 13 2008
In this week's installment of Anatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA we're going to start looking at the Flex service layer of our application, and be introduced to Cairngorm, the Flex micro-architecture that helps simplifiy the complexity of building user interfaces in Flex. read moreAnatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA Part 12: Building the Java Service Layer
April 07 2008
Last time we looked at testing the Java part of the application so far. In this section of the series from Tony Hillerson's Enterprise Application Development with Flex, we'll look at Maven building our service layer, and be introduced to the powerful LiveCycle Data Services assemblers, which deal with the… read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
