Best Practices Pattern-Based ActionScript 2 Development
Aral Balkan will present a workshop in best-practices pattern based ActionScript 2 development. The AMFPHP Pizza Service sample application will be investigated and rearchitected using patterns and the Ariaware RIA Platform ( open source ARP 2.0). (http://ariaware.com/products/arp/)
Topics covered, and will be a mix of theory and practical, include:
- Foundation topics covered include objects, classes, encapsulation, inheritance and composition.
- Learn to identify and separate the Model, View and Controller in a Flash application and understand how they interrelate.
- The main patterns covered include Observer, Command, Controller, Business Delgate and Service Locator.
- An introduction to the Ariaware RIA Platform ( open source ARP 2.0), a real-world pattern based framework in AS2.
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Excellent knowledge of AS1 or real-world experience of AS2 and/or real-world experience developing with other OOP languages like C# or Java.
Reviews from other workshops presented by Aral:
"What an enthusiasm, he had a great presentation. Learned a lot from what he told us."
(Ronald Craenen, http://www.flashfocus.nl/userProfile.asp?mode=display&id=47198)
"Best presnetation I've ever seen, that guy deserves his own talk show."
(A3D, http://www.flashfocus.nl/userProfile.asp?mode=display&id=6825)
"This was exactly the kind of stuff i needed. He gave absolute great indepth information about how to develop your webbased flash projects in a correct, maintainable and expandable way. The subject was 'Best practices flash development'. And boy was it."
(Ben Smeets, http://www.flashzone.nl/archives/000231.php)