Comments on: Flashbelt, Robotlegs – JXLTV Episode #4

By: Israel GaytÃ¡n

Israel GaytÃ¡n — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:48:56 +0000

Nice explained Jester, really really nice and helpful this video…ok i have to see the potential and flexibility on this framework

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:07:47 +0000

Thanks Kristofer!

Good idea about service layers… that’s definitely something I’d need to blog about since it has 4 distinct parts as well as multiple ways to integrate into the existing frameworks. Hopefully next week.

Regarding Commands/Robotlegs… they have the same “if you have need of DRY, re-factor to a Command” that PureMVC had. Thus, they don’t play a central role like they did in Cairngorm AND aren’t capable of handling asynchronous events like Cairngorm did. They are really a helpful base class with DI & and the EventBus; everything else you’d need to build on top or borrow from another framework.

By: Kristofer Joseph

Kristofer Joseph — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:56:13 +0000

Jesse,
Great breakdown for those curious to hear what all the hubub on robotlegs is about. You also nailed a bunch of the best practices that were too ambiguous in PureMVC. Two things. a.) I would love to have a blog off about Service pattern best practices, since that seems to be where I see most of the deviation in approach in applications ( Cairngromets use asynTokens in stateful commands, Flashkiddies use typed events, PureMVCers use proxies OR commands ) b.) I have seen some Really powerful implementations of the command pattern, complete with contextual undo/redo macros etc. and robotlegs seems to not have that fleshed out.

again, Awesome

By: nicemandan

nicemandan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:51:22 +0000

Cool info, I’ll look into Robotlegs.

You should also try Fullers Honey Bee and Badger Golden Champion, if you can get hold of it.

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:20:52 +0000

Space cadet.. he he.

You don’t happen to be looking for a flash developer job in Sweden, perchance? We’re in need of a cool guy!