Flex Components
Further Thinking about updateDisplayList() and commitProperties() and creating dynamic subcomponents
I’ve had my thinking about updateDisplayList() thinking corrected by Lordy whose blog is actually named UpdateDisplayList ironically enough. That lead me to go back to my component bibles including Building a Flex Component and Advanced Custom Components. Sure enough right there on page 16 of Building Custom Components it says that in the commitProperties() method [...]
Architecture Choices for ActionScript Flex Components
Update: Check Futher Thinking for updated/corrected information
I know that the party line is explore the components and then you’ll learn to build your own but I need to hear from the component developers out there if you’re adopting a particular framework. I almost had an aneurysm trying to build a custom component using [...]
ViewFactory as a Solution for Dynamic ItemRenderers
When looking for a solution for ItemRenderers that could be changed dynamically based on the type of the data item’s Value Object the solution that I came across was to have a container that would in turn contain a factory. Although this is a viable solution it seemed to have a whole lot [...]
How Do you Explore the Flex Framework Source?
My current project involves creating some custom components and I have found that exploring the Flex 2 Framework is a valuable guide. Right now I have copied the Flex 2 framework source into a new Flex Project so that I can explore the architecture with the benefit of control-click and other Flex help. [...]
