Flex 3: Architecting Applications Using Cairngorm
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Introducing Adobe Cairngorm
Introducing the MVC Design Pattern
Understanding the MVC Design Pattern
Conceptualizing MVC as a Layers
Introducing Cairngorm MVC Micro-Architecture
Outlining Cairngorm MVC
Reviewing the History of Cairngorm
Reviewing Layers and Components of the Cairngorm Architecture
Understanding Cairngorm MVC as a Structural Organization
Reviewing the Primary Components of Cairngorm MVC
Converting an Application to use Cairngorm MVC
Introducing the Original Adobe Flex Store
Learn about the FlexStore
Review Organization and Coupling Concerns
Preparing to Convert to Cairngorm
Reviewing Organization Changes
Reviewing Refactoring Tasks
Architecting the Model Layer
Introducing the Model Layer in MVC
Introducing the Model Layer
Understanding the Model Layer as a Concept
Understanding the Model Layer as a Structural Organization
Introducing the ModelLocator Pattern
Introducing the AS3 Singleton design pattern
Understanding the purpose of the ModelLocator pattern
Reviewing what constitutes a ModelLocator class
Walkthrough 1: Implementing a ModelLocator to cache catalog data
Using the ModelLocator Singleton
Using a ModelLocator singleton in the View layer
Walkthrough 2: Creating a instance of the ModelLocator
Exploring the Benefits of Using the ModelLocator & Business Objects
Learning the benefits of using the ModelLocator pattern
Reviewing the purpose of the OrderCart business object
Walkthrough 3: Adding shopping cart features to the ModelLocator
Architecting the Control Layer
Introducing the Control Layer in MVC
Introducing the Control layer
Understanding the Control layer as a concept
Understanding the Control layer as a structural organization
Introducing the ServiceLocator Pattern
Understanding the purpose of the ServiceLocator pattern
Reviewing what constitutes a Services repository
Creating a Services repository using the ServiceLocator
Walkthrough 1: Creating the Services repository for a catalog RDS.
Using the Services repository
Instantiating and using the Services repository
Understanding the impacts of using a Services repository
Using AsyncToken and IResponders with RDS
Walkthrough 2: Using the Services Repository for Catalog Data
Using Delegates in Cairngorm
Introducing the Delegate within the Control Layer
Understanding the role of the Delegate in the Control layer
Understanding the concept of the Delegate in the Control layer
Understanding the Delegate as a structural organization
Introducing the Delegate Pattern
Understanding the purpose of the Business Delegate pattern
Reviewing what constitutes a Delegate
Creating a Delegate within the Control layer
Walkthrough 1: Creating the CatalogDelegate for a catalog remote data service
Using a Delegate Implementation
Instantiating and using a Delegate
Understanding the impacts of using a Delegate
Walkthrough 2: Using the CatalogDelegate to load Catalog Data
Transforming data inside the Delegate
Transforming XML data to VOs
Understanding how the Delegate can transform incoming data
Walkthrough 3: Using the CatalogDelegate to transform load Catalog Data
Using Commands in Cairngorm
Introducing the Command within the Control Layer
Understanding the role of the Command in the Control layer
Understanding the concept of the Command in the Control layer
Understanding the Command as a structural organization
Introducing the Command Pattern
Understanding the purpose of the Command pattern
Reviewing what constitutes a Command
Creating a Command within the Control layer
Walkthrough 1: Implement the LoadCatalog feature using the Command pattern
Using a Command Implementation
Understanding the impacts of using a Command
Instantiating and using a Command
Walkthrough 2: Using the LoadCatalogCommand to load Catalog Data
Exploring Other Feature Implementations as Commands
Exploring ShoppingCart Features Implemented as Commands
Review how Commands Processing affects the Model and View layers
Using Business Events in Cairngorm
Introducing Business Events within the Control Layer
Understanding the role of the Business Event in the Control layer
Understanding the concept of Business Events in the Control layer
Understanding the Business Event as a structural organization3
Introducing the Business Event
Introducing the concept of Business Events
Understanding the purpose of the Business Event
Reviewing what constitutes a Business Event
Creating an Event within the Control layer
Walkthrough 1: Implement the LoadCatalog Event
Using Business Events with Business Objects and Commands
Understanding the impacts of using a Business Event
Walkthrough 2: Creating and Using the AddProductToCartEvent
Using the FrontController in Cairngorm
Introducing the FrontController Concept
Understanding the role of the FrontController in the Control layer
Conceptualizing the FrontController in the Control layer
Understanding the FrontController as a Structural Organization
Understanding the FrontController Pattern
Introducing the concept of the FrontController pattern
Understanding the purpose of the FrontController pattern
Reviewing what constitutes a FrontController implementation
Creating an FrontController within the Control layer
Walkthrough 1: Create and configure the StoreController
Using the FrontController in the View Layer
Understanding how to instantiate the <FrontController
Walkthrough 2: Creating and Using the StoreController
Understanding <FrontController> impacts to View layer components
Walkthrough 3: Updating the View layer to use Business Events
Enhancing Application Architecture
Consolidating Command Components
Reviewing traditional implementations of Commands
Understanding how to consolidate Commands
Removing the CED from the View Layer
Removing the CairngormEventDispatcher (CED) for the View layer
Walkthrough 1: Use Event Self-Dispatching in the View Layer
Using the Compiled Cairngorm Library
Using the Cairngorm.swc library
Walkthrough 2: Using the Cairngorm.swc library
Understanding Architecture Methodologies
Reviewing Cairngorm Usage Methodologies
Adding Cairngorm MVC to existing Flex applications
Using Cairngorm MVC with new Flex applications
Lab: Patient Visitations
Walkthrough 1: Create a new Cairngorm MVC Project
Walkthrough 2: Create a form to request a patient visitation
Walkthrough 3: Submit the Visitation Request
Walkthrough 4: Create Business Components to Process the Visitation Request
Walkthrough 5: Send Visitation XML Data to the LiveCycle Server
