As great as events are they are limited to the display list. I still think singleton's should be avoided as much as possible. On Jan 15, 2013 8:57 PM, "David Coleman" <david_coleman_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Having used (and DESPISED) Parsley, I can say with pleasure "Good > Riddance". For me it was overkill and added little to no value to the > quality of the code. All the ppl I know who used Parsley said "oh but you > have dependency injection" "oh but you have encapsulation of this" "oh but > you have decoupled code"... I say "ever hear of a singleton? flex doesn't > need dependency injection if you are smart" "why encapsulate? don't your > developers know how to use the Flex SDK?, what are you afraid of writing > your own code" and to the ppl who blather on about decoupled code... I > laugh in their faces and ask them "ever hear of Events?" > > Ok so maybe there were some benefits, and of course my opinions are > admittedly acid, draconian and intentionally dismissive... But I believe > that Flex is a great framework all by itself, and if you need an extra > package to do MVC, you don't understand what MVC is in the first place, and > no matter what you do, it won't be good. > > > From: tang...@usa.net > > To: dev@flex.apache.org > > Subject: RE: [OT] The end of the SpiceFactory > > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:44:31 -0500 > > > > I am glad I have skipped Parsley and looked into RobotLegs, which is > about > > to release RobotLegs 2. > > > > As for HTML 5, I still don't get all the frenzy around the technologies > > where they are built on old JavaScript that is not strongly typed, and > > pretty much every features HTML 5 has to offer are "I am catching up with > > Flash." But all the decision makers who have zero understanding of Flash > > and just a few whitepaper on HTML 5 would go frenzy with the latest > stuff, > > most stemmed from the hatred of Flash because of those annoying Flash > > advertisements that incompetent designers have come up with. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Schmalle [mailto:apa...@teotigraphix.com] > > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 6:09 PM > > To: dev@flex.apache.org > > Subject: Re: [OT] The end of the SpiceFactory > > > > Right, the eating and beating was a visual for the hedonism of the > > HTML5 community and there reckless JavaScript development. > > > > I agree, if I can use ActionScript to make WebAudio applications in 1 > > year, this will be a success. :) > > > > Mike > > > > Quoting Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1/14/13 2:22 PM, "Michael Schmalle" <apa...@teotigraphix.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > > >> JavaScript unfortunately is the only road left. > > > Native (mobile) apps is also a possible road. > > > > > >> This decade of my life > > >> will be fulfilled if the tortoise can walk passed the hare stuffing > > >> his face with jQuery muffins. > > > Thanks for making me laugh. I wish I were an artist because I would > > sketch > > > a political cartoon of that. But remember, the hare got beat by > snoozing, > > > not by overeating. And really, I don't think we have to beat the hare > to > > be > > > successful. > > > > > > -- > > > Alex Harui > > > Flex SDK Team > > > Adobe Systems, Inc. > > > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC > > http://www.teotigraphix.com > > http://blog.teotigraphix.com > > >
