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Flex frameworks are software libraries that assist developers in building
rich web application A rich web application (originally called a rich Internet application, or RIA or installable Internet application) is a web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software. The concept is closely related to a sing ...
s on the
Apache Flex Apache Flex, formerly Adobe Flex, is a software development kit (SDK) for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich web applications based on the Adobe Flash platform. Initially developed by Macromedia and then acquired by Adobe Sy ...
platform.


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* Tide, part of the Granite Data Services platform. * Swiz * Parsley * Cairngorm * PureMVC
DropAS3

Fabrication
* Mate
RobotLegs


Cairngorm

Cairngorm is one of the primary
open-source software Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. ...
frameworks for application architecture in
Adobe Flex Apache Flex, formerly Adobe Flex, is a software development kit (SDK) for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich web applications based on the Adobe Flash Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is a multimedia ...
. It was developed by ''iteration::two'', which was acquired by
Macromedia Macromedia, Inc., was an American graphics, multimedia, and web development software company (1992–2005) headquartered in San Francisco, California, that made products such as Flash and Dreamweaver. It was purchased by its rival Adobe System ...
in 2005. It is part of the Adobe Engagement Platform
Adobe Labs features Cairngorm
as the architectural framework for
rich web application A rich web application (originally called a rich Internet application, or RIA or installable Internet application) is a web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software. The concept is closely related to a sing ...
programmers. Cairngorm is based on the MVC model. It is specifically designed to facilitate complex state and data synchronization between the client and the server, while keeping the programming of the View layer detached from the data implementation. The role of the View layer in a Cairngorm application is to throw events and bind to data stored in the Model. Components on the View can bind to Value Objects or other properties in the Model (data) layer. In a Cairngorm Model, related data are stored in Value Objects (VOs), while simple variables can be stored as direct properties of the ModelLocator class. A static reference to the ModelLocator singleton instance is used by the View layers to locate the required data. The Controller is the most sophisticated part of the Cairngorm architecture. The Controller layer is implemented as a singleton FrontController. The FrontController instance, which receives every View-generated event, dispatches the events to the assigned Command class based on the event's declared type. The Command class then processes the event by running the Command class' execute() method, which is an ICommand interface method. The event object may include additional data if required by the developer. The execute() method can update the central Model, as well as invoke a Service class which typically involves communication with a remote server. The IResponder interface, which is also implemented by the Command class, includes onResult and onFault methods to handle responses returned from the invoked remote service. A Cairngorm application can be programmed to manage any server architecture/schemas.


External links


Hello World Example using Cairngorm

Official Adobe Cairngorm Site

Video Tutorial Series on Cairngorm



Cairngorm Console: a Flex plugin application for live inspection and debugging of Cairngorm Framework

Cairngorm extension for handling commands results


PureMVC

PureMVC is a framework for creating applications based upon the well-established
model–view–controller Model–view–controller (MVC) is a software architectural pattern commonly used for developing user interfaces that divide the related program logic into three interconnected elements. This is done to separate internal representations of info ...
design pattern A design pattern is the re-usable form of a solution to a design problem. The idea was introduced by the architect Christopher Alexander and has been adapted for various other disciplines, particularly software engineering. The "Gang of Four" boo ...
. The free,
open source Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-source model is a decentralized so ...
framework was originally implemented in the ActionScript 3 language for use with
Adobe Flex Apache Flex, formerly Adobe Flex, is a software development kit (SDK) for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich web applications based on the Adobe Flash Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is a multimedia ...
, Flash and AIR, and it has since been ported to nearly all the major web development platforms.


Granite Data Services

Granite Data Services (GraniteDS or GDS) is an event-driven, cross-framework, Application Client Container (ACC). It aims at greatly simplifying the development of rich web applications through client-side data management, real-time messaging, transparent lazy-loading, paged queries, code generation and other features. The entire framework is open-source, but commercial use of some "advanced modules" requires a commercial licence. Supported Client Frameworks * JavaFX *
Flex Flex or FLEX may refer to: Computing * Flex (language), developed by Alan Kay * FLEX (operating system), a single-tasking operating system for the Motorola 6800 * FlexOS, an operating system developed by Digital Research * FLEX (protocol), a com ...
*
Android SDK The Android SDK is a software development kit that includes a comprehensive set of development tools. These include a debugger, libraries, a handset emulator based on QEMU, documentation, sample code, and tutorials. Currently supported developm ...


References

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