 | | | RFC: Component Frameworks Chapter | RFC: Component Frameworks Chapter 2004-02-28 - By Giacomo Guilizzoni
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Hi there.
I'm writing my third chapter for what's now known as the "Brian Lesser
O'Reilly Flashcom Book" ;), and this one is on "the Macromedia Component
Framework and Component Frameworks in general".
I have written about 50% of it, but before I go on I would like to make sure
that my chapter will be as useful to you guys as possible, hence this email.
Basically what I'm looking for is:
-what's the one thing you would like me to cover?
-what's the most confusing thing about the Macromedia Component Framework?
-why do you use it, why don't you?
-have you built a client-server component framework yourself? If so, what
were the lessons you learned that you would like me to share with the world?
;)
Basically my spin on the chapter is this: talk about client-server component
frameworks in general, and use the macromedia component framework as the
primary example for each section (and yes, I will discuss its shortcomings).
Here's the TOC for the chapter so far (obviously not final):
-Introduction
-What is a framework?
-A Component Framework's Goals
-A good framework is solid
-A good framework is light-weight
-A framework's main purpose is to allow OOP
-The APIs are "just right"
-Other goals
-A Component Framework's Building Blocks
-A global singleton on each side that's always running
-Name-space isolation
-Component registration
-Component creation and destruction
-Method routing
-Component data management
-Component interaction (event mechanism)
-Component base classes
-The components themselves: client-side and server-side
-Access control (read/write)
-Security
-Others
-Client-Side APIs
-connect
-close
-setSize
-setRole
-...
-Server-Side APIs
-connect
-onAppStart
-onConnect
-onDisconnect
-onnAppStop
-destroy
-...
-Using the MM components in your applications
-Extending the components provided with flashcom
-Sample: Creating a new component from scratch
-Sample: An authenticating component
I have looked at the archives and (I think) incorporated all the main
discussions about the framework in the TOC above. If there's something I
missed, let me know.
Those who provide the most useful feedback (according to a panel of judges
that include only myself) ;) will get a chance of reading what I've written
so far (under some sort of NDA or O'Reilly will freak out), and get thanked
in the book. Wow, the glory. ;)
TIA,
Peldi
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