Just to continue that thought.. Understanding the concept of MVC is what's really important. The practices behind decoupling your data/interface/interaction logic is where the real power lies. This methodology could be applied to any MVC based framework and will make it infinitely easier to adopt.<br><br>I know were still off topic here but I'd also suggest checking out VASGen<br><br>http://www.selfmummy.com/vasgen/<br><br>UML and code generation. It's still in it's early stages, but it looks very promising.<br><br>A million ways to do the same thing... :)<br><br><hr /><br><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Hello Christopher,</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Personally speaking I have been working with PureMVC framework for almost
one year, for various projects of variable size. </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">For example I've used it for a long term medium/big RIA Software for an
International Company, it is so clean and flexible and easy to work with from
start to the end of a project, easy to maintain and to update. (by the way
it is thanks to Design Pattern, the credit does not go really to PureMVC in
this, it is not a surprise that they are Design Patterns are so popular..).<br>I
must confess that after several month of dev, PureMVC is absolutely amazing in
the way it organise your project, it is very strict about MVC, but also allows
you a lot of flexiblity even if you use Flex modules and more complex elements.
When improvement are made to the Framework you do not have to modify your
code </font></span><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">which
is very good comparing to Cairngorm about which I've read that people
complained.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Everything is very well optimized and can be pushed even forward. <span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">I feel it is far more cleaner
than the "official" Cairngorm Adobe solution.</font></span></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">The documentation is very precise and well written, forum people are very
active you can ask any question if you aren't sure about the best practice for
a specific point .<span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">A
courseware is available to get started with
it.</font></span></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">I
understand that it may sound complicated for newbies regarding Design Patterns,
but do not be afraid, if you stick to the rules, you needn't to know very deeply
pattern used, they've been written for you.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">It is platform independant, it started as a Flex Framework, but it
has been so well thought that it has been ported to numerous
languages.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">It has also plenty of tools developed by people aka project Manifold (a
bit equivalent to goasap playground).</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">The way it handles its own events through notification is also sooo
useful!</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">You should maybe read this blog entry I made on PureMVC, speaking about a
comparison between frameworks few month ago:</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://analogdesign.ch/blog/index.php/archive/pattern-park-reviewed-flex-application-frameworks-puremvc-winner/">http://analogdesign.ch/blog/index.php/archive/pattern-park-reviewed-flex-application-frameworks-puremvc-winner/</a></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Must have tools, utils and frameworks:</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">PureMVC (framework)</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Subversion (versionning)</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Enterprise Architect (UML/code engineering)</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Goasap ;) !!! +
Hydrotween</font></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Eclipse (so
good!)</font></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Fdt </font></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Masapi (loading
API)</font></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Papervision3D, Away3D
</font></span></span><span class="343184813-25072008"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">WOW
Engine</font></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">If you are a newbies on Design
Patterns you should check this book (better than the official Adobe
one):</font></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-3-0-Design-Patterns-Programming/dp/0596528469/ref=cm_lmf_tit_5_rsrsrs0">http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-3-0-Design-Patterns-Programming/dp/0596528469/ref=cm_lmf_tit_5_rsrsrs0</a></font></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2">an excellent companion to Mr.
Moock book!</font></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="343184813-25072008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span class="343184813-25072008"></span><font face="Arial"><font size="2">I hope this will help you.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"></font></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span class="343184813-25072008">
<p align="left"><font color="#804040" face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#000000">Best
regards.<br><br>Cedric M. (aka maddec)<br><br><span class="687451914-05032008"><font face="Arial" size="2">Interactive
Creator<br></font></span><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span class="687451914-05032008">Adobe Flash/Flex/AIR Specialist <br>Since
1998</span></font></font><br>----------------------------------------------------<br></font><a href="http://analogdesign.ch/"><font face="Arial" size="2">http://analogdesign.ch</font></a><br><a href="http://analogdesign.ch/blog"><font face="Arial" size="2">http://analogdesign.ch/blog</font></a><br><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">visual & interactive communication</font></font><font color="#804040" face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><br>----------------------------------------------------</font></font></p></span></font></font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><strong>De :</strong> golist-bounces@goasap.org
[mailto:golist-bounces@goasap.org] <strong>De la part de</strong> Christopher
Wilson<br><strong>Envoyé :</strong> jeudi, 24. juillet 2008
17:38<br><strong>À :</strong> golist@goasap.org<br><strong>Objet :</strong> [Golist]
PureMVC<br></font><br></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone! Moses, you are a
champion!!<br><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve merely started to “get” the right way to program in
actionscript and admittedly have a long road ahead of me. This is the
first and only programming language that I’ve studied and it has taken me many
years to reach a point of trying to wrap my head around “design
patterns”. I’ve recently made the commitment to focus on PureMVC and
GoASAP as my foundational frameworks moving forward with application
development. That being said, I really need a mentor to lean on here as
I get started on some projects. We’re not building anything complex like
games or huge RIAs – mainly our focus is on common websites with cool
multimedia galleries and cms back-ends. We also of course want slick
transitions leveraging GoASAP or simply piggy-backing on Donovan Adam’s great
work with HydroTween.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re really a design firm first although we staff
programmers, not enough are knee-deep actionscript talent. If you’re
available over the next few months and don’t work in a completely opposite
time-zone, I’d love to hear from you. I should hopefully not consume too
much of anyone’s time – maybe a handful of hours a week. Let me know
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an SVN on a job and you’d basically go through, help me with any shortfalls
and steer me in the right direction.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much for your time, it is greatly
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,</p>
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