MVC Flex applications with Cairngorm
I will be presenting at the 615Flex user group meeting (Nashville, TN) on March 11, 2008. This presentation will cover the fundamental concepts needed to begin using Cairngorm to build Flex applications with the Model View Controller pattern. The presentation should last around an hour with the following agenda:
1) What is Cairngorm?
2) Why use a MVC framework like Cairngorm?
3) How is the MVC pattern carried out in a Flex + Cairngorm application?
- Model: Role of the ModelLocator & Model Objects
- View: Role of View Components & Event Objects
- Controller: Role of the FrontController & Command Objects
4) Build an example Flex + Cairngorm app from scratch w/ group input
5) Practical tips going forward
Have ideas or questions?
If you plan to attend, please let me know if you have any specific interests in the topic or questions you would like answers or examples for. If MVC is a new concept or if you’re new to AS3 (or if you’re an expert on both), that would be great to know as well. Feel free to comment on this post or send me an email: tsclausing[at]gmail.com. I would really appreciate your input as I’m putting together material for the presentation.
Update: The presentation went very well but the audio recording was poor. I will be rerecording the presentation in chapters and posting them here in a new series. Next month’s presentation will focus on Delegates and Responders in Cairngorm with additional input on the Model Object.
Hey Scot, I’m new to Flex, but i’ve worked with MVC Frameworks (Cakephp, Rails) I’m going to be attending the meeting on the 11th and hopefully will get a good grasp of how to get started the with flex and Adobe AIR