Posts tagged as 'Signals'

Transforming the designer-developer workflow

Here are the slides and example code from my presentation, Transforming the designer-developer workflow, at 360|Flex San Jose on 8th March 2010…

Posted on 16 March 2010 | no comments | continue reading

Smartypants-ioc and As3-signals example

During my recent presentation at LFPUG, Tink was very persistent in suggesting that the event bus used in most MVC frameworks might not be the best solution. This got me thinking about what it would be like to do MVC without an event bus. And so began this little experiment…

Posted on 19 November 2009 | 24 comments | continue reading

Signals from Robert Penner

Robert Penner has just released the source for his event system, called AS3 Signals. It’s an interesting read and the sort of project I like – a small feature set in need of good architectural design. And I like the design.

I like to think that Robert may have been inspired in part by my work with events in AS2, but I doubt it.

The conversation’s just kicked off on Twitter and Robert’s Blog. Josh McDonald in particular has already made some good suggestions. My comments on bubbling are awaiting moderation.

Posted on 8 September 2009 | 1 comment | continue reading