Comments on: Embracing my inner hacker http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/2009/10/30/embracing-my-inner-hacker/ "I write pretty software" Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:34:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: arpit http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/2009/10/30/embracing-my-inner-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-65502 arpit Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:17:40 +0000 http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/?p=379#comment-65502 @Steve, I completely agree that thats the best workflow. The word hacking in my post has no negative connotations at all. @Steve, I completely agree that thats the best workflow. The word hacking in my post has no negative connotations at all.

]]> By: Steve http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/2009/10/30/embracing-my-inner-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-65464 Steve Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:17:06 +0000 http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/?p=379#comment-65464 "Most of the UI in our application was done by arranging MovieClips on stage and then gluing in the logic in FlexBuilder (or FDT in Gabo’s case)" This is similar to the approach I often take as I mentioned on one of your earlier posts... http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/2009/03/21/flex-builder-tip-use-swcs-for-image-assets-not-embed-metatags-for-pure-actionscript-projects/ I don't see it as "hacking" at all. It's just using a visual tool for the part its good for. “Most of the UI in our application was done by arranging MovieClips on stage and then gluing in the logic in FlexBuilder (or FDT in Gabo’s case)”

This is similar to the approach I often take as I mentioned on one of your earlier posts…

http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/2009/03/21/flex-builder-tip-use-swcs-for-image-assets-not-embed-metatags-for-pure-actionscript-projects/

I don’t see it as “hacking” at all. It’s just using a visual tool for the part its good for.

]]> By: arpit http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/2009/10/30/embracing-my-inner-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-64999 arpit Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:03:12 +0000 http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/?p=379#comment-64999 @TJ, I have updated the post changing the Flex 3 / Flex 4 comparison to the Spark vs. Halo architectures. While Fx4 does sometimes seem to be an awkward bridge between the old and the new way, at least what Spark enables seems to be forcing a lot of developers to rethink UI beyond the standard look and feel for controls. @TJ, I have updated the post changing the Flex 3 / Flex 4 comparison to the Spark vs. Halo architectures. While Fx4 does sometimes seem to be an awkward bridge between the old and the new way, at least what Spark enables seems to be forcing a lot of developers to rethink UI beyond the standard look and feel for controls.

]]> By: TJ Downes http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/2009/10/30/embracing-my-inner-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-64994 TJ Downes Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:55:47 +0000 http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/?p=379#comment-64994 Good post. It's amazing what we can learn from others when we are willing to step outside of our own box and examine what others do with an open mind. "Good architecture enables better looking things (Look at Flex 4 compared to Flex 3)" This is a bad analogy in my opinion. Flex 4 is like Flex 3.5 beta. The architecture is a hack in between what Flex 3 is and what Flex 4 SHOULD BE. It's not an elegant or beautiful solution and the architecture has a ways to go. The workflow has improved dramatically, but thats about it at the moment, and a big reason why many Flex developers aren't touching it for a while. Hopefully we will see a Flex 4.5 that resolves some of the less-than-trivial issues with the SDK. Good post. It’s amazing what we can learn from others when we are willing to step outside of our own box and examine what others do with an open mind.

“Good architecture enables better looking things (Look at Flex 4 compared to Flex 3)”

This is a bad analogy in my opinion. Flex 4 is like Flex 3.5 beta. The architecture is a hack in between what Flex 3 is and what Flex 4 SHOULD BE. It’s not an elegant or beautiful solution and the architecture has a ways to go. The workflow has improved dramatically, but thats about it at the moment, and a big reason why many Flex developers aren’t touching it for a while. Hopefully we will see a Flex 4.5 that resolves some of the less-than-trivial issues with the SDK.

]]> By: Karl Knocking http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/2009/10/30/embracing-my-inner-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-64988 Karl Knocking Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:42:37 +0000 http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/?p=379#comment-64988 Oh yeah, I read that essay about half a yeag ago and liked it very much. Thanks for the reminder.. there are many good essays on the site that I didn't read yet. Oh yeah, I read that essay about half a yeag ago and liked it very much. Thanks for the reminder.. there are many good essays on the site that I didn’t read yet.

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