Flex: Introducing Cairngorm

Prerequisites:

To gain the most from this class, you should:

Have already taken the Flex 3: Rich Client Applications training course, or have equivalent experience using MXML and ActionScript 3
Be familiar with basic Object Oriented Programming in ActionScript 3

Course Description:

Flex 3: Introducing Cairngorm surveys the core concepts behind the Cairngorm RIA micro-architecture by re-factoring the application taught and built in the Flex 4: Rich Client Applications training course.

This course includes the following modules:

Course Content

• Introducing Adobe Cairngorm
• Understanding the purpose of Adobe Cairngorm
• Reviewing the benefits of using Cairngorm
• Learning about the components of Cairngorm
• Using Cairngorm in Flex RIAs
• Identifying roles of code
• Refactoring code to Cairngorm layers and classes
• Reviewing benefits of Cairngorm refactoring
• Implementing the ModelLocator
• Using the ModelLocator
• Implementing the ServiceLocator
• Using the ServiceLocator
• Implementing Cairngorm events
• Introducing the concept of Business Events
• Using a Cairngorm event
• Implementing Commands
• Using the Command
• Implementing the FrontContoller
• Using the FrontController
• Implementing Delegates
• Building a Cairngorm Delegate
• Using the Cairngorm components

Lab

• Tasks
• Create a new Cairngorm MVC Project
• Create a form to request a patient visitation
• Submit the Visitation Request
• Create the Business Component to Process the Visitation Details