Robotlegs v1.0.0 – Out Now!

November 26th, 2009 shaun Comments

Robotlegs AS3 v1.0.0 has been released

A huge big “Thank You” to everyone involved. Let the “utility building” begin!

Robotlegs is an automated dependency injection framework for Flash, Flex and AIR.

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OS X Git Prompt

November 15th, 2009 shaun Comments

I’m currently using a modified version of git-prompt that looks something like this:

Git-prompt
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Robotliz 2 – A Six Minute Cleanup

November 12th, 2009 shaun Comments

Just a quickie – I cleaned up the Robotliz app a little. In this short vid I walk through the new structure and touch on some light Git/GitHub flows:

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The (better, but not awesome) code is over at:

http://github.com/darscan/SillyStockPriceExample/tree/robotlegs

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Robotliz – Using Robotlegs like Swiz in 20 minutes

November 10th, 2009 shaun Comments

Warning: The style of architecture demonstrated in this video is not sexy. Nor is it in any way recommended. Also, I cheat by eating plenty copy-pasta, and I say “um” a LOT.

I’m still trying to figure about the best way to illustrate the simplicity and flexibility of the Robotlegs framework. In the meantime however, I thought I’d respond to this cool Swiz video by doing the same thing with Robotlegs – except ending up with a modular (as opposed to a static) app, and throwing in some git/GitHub love as a bonus.

I don’t have a nice mic, so I strapped a phone to the side of my head and left myself a really long voicemail. Anyhoo:

RobotlegsVimeo

You can grab the (terrible) source over at:

http://github.com/darscan/SillyStockPriceExample

RobotLegs AS3 v0.9: ElasticChaos (Broken, Fixed, Tidied, Improved)

October 7th, 2009 shaun Comments

RobotLegs AS3 v0.9 (codename ElasticChaos) is up on GitHub:

RobotLegs is nearly at v1.0! Many awesome changes since v0.8, with the most community involvement to date:

http://github.com/robotlegs/robotlegs-framework/commits/v0.9.2

The “Official RobotLegs Framework Repository” has also been moved:

http://github.com/robotlegs/robotlegs-framework

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RobotLegs – RazorSharpness Through Collaboration

October 3rd, 2009 shaun Comments

Yagninator

Help make RobotLegs the cleanest, smallest, most testable, and most kick-ass framework for Flash and Flex ever built – join the discussion group:

http://groups.google.com/group/robotlegs/topics

Or help fill up the Robotlegs Knowledgebase:

http://knowledge.robotlegs.org/

RobotLegs AS3 v0.8: ByeByeFlex (FlexMediator removed)

September 10th, 2009 shaun Comments

RobotLegs AS3 v0.8 (codename ByeByeFlex) is up on GitHub:

The RobotLegs Library has received it’s first community contribution! Till Schneidereit fixed something that had been bugging me for a while: the existence of the FlexMediator. Initially I split this out to avoid compiling any Flex classes into pure AS3 projects. Till submitted a patch that allows the Mediator to detect the presence of Flex without this side-effect.

This is why I love Git (and GitHub). Anyone can come along, fork the project, make changes to it, and send a Pull Request – without requiring any permission to do so. This significantly lowers the barrier-to-entry for once-off or “impulse” contributions.

Anyhoo, this change to the Library requires a find-n-replace on old application code:

FlexMediator -> Mediator

RobotLegs AS3 is a Dependency Injection Driven MVCS Framework for Flash and Flex.

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What Is RobotLegs?

September 7th, 2009 shaun Comments

What?

  • RobotLegs is an Architectural (or Structural) Action Script 3 Framework.
  • It provides a mechanism for wiring objects together.
  • It promotes a usage pattern for keeping your code loosely coupled and easy to test.
  • It has a narrow scope: wiring.

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RobotLegs AS3 Framework Unit Tests

September 5th, 2009 shaun Comments

I’ve started putting together some unit tests for RobotLegs:

http://github.com/darscan/robotlegstests

Feel free to fork if testing is your idea of insane weekend fun!

RobotLegs

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RobotLegs AS3 v0.7: ShortWave (context dispatch helper)

September 5th, 2009 shaun Comments

RobotLegs AS3 is a Dependency Injection Driven MVCS Framework for Flash and Flex.

RobotLegs AS3 v0.7 (codename ShortWave) is up on GitHub: Read more…

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