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Understand the design challenges that Cairngorm addresses best, and the types of projects for which it is an appropriate skeleton for development.

Developing Flex RIAs with Cairngorm microarchitecture (updated)


Duane Nickull

SOA, Web 2.0 and the new EAI

Duane Nickull (Dec. 15, 2008)
Understand what Web 2.0 and SOA really are and how they will impact enterprise architecture in the next five years.

Duane Nickull

Forensic architecture and other lessons from SOA land

Duane Nickull (Oct. 3, 2008)
Share the experiences Duane has learned over the years from the software architecture perspective.

HP

Create an effective SOA quality management strategy with Web 2.0

HP (Sept. 22, 2008)
Explore how you can gain insight into the specific patterns employed by Web 2.0 companies and understand how to repurpose these for your organization.

Adobe

Introducing Cairngorm

Adobe (updated July 14, 2008)
Learn the basics of building Flex applications using the Cairngorm framework from the authorized Flex curriculum by Adobe Customer Training.

Hal Helms

Object-Oriented programming: Using inheritance wisely

Hal Helms (May 12, 2008)
A Java programmer explores the rich, powerful OO features in ColdFusion and the technical criteria that make it a top choice for developers.

Duane Nickull

The end of the web as we know it

Duane Nickull (Apr. 21, 2008)
See what has already died, is dying, and will likely die in the next five years.

LiveCycle

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and specialized messaging patterns

Adobe (Dec. 20, 2007)
Understand specialized messaging patterns and some common concepts within a service-oriented environment.

Keun Lee

Building RIAs from front to back

Part 1: Understanding the approach
Part 2: Layout beyond the basic container

Web 2.0 design patterns, models, and analysis

Duane Nickull (Jan. 21, 2008)
Watch the slides as Duane Nickull makes architectural sense of Web 2.0.

Developing Flex RIAs with Cairngorm microarchitecture (updated)

Understand the design challenges that Cairngorm addresses best and the types of projects for which it is an appropriate skeleton for development.

Building RIAs from front to back – Part 1: Understanding the approach

Base your apps on the user experience and develop better rich Internet applications from the start.

Architecting Flex Applications

In this Breeze presentation, learn about key architectural aspects of the Flex framework, and how you can use them.

Loose coupling in Flex applications

Write easy-to-maintain, less costly Flex applications faster by using this technique.

Flex Performance Brief

Compare JSP and MXML application performance in these side-by-side benchmark tests.

Case Study: The Development Life Cycle of a Flex Application

Find out what makes up a successful Flex team and workflow from an actual project.

Understanding the Flex Experience Model

Learn how the design goals of HALO help you create engaging interactive applications.

Essential ActionScript 2.0: The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern

Colin Moock shows how to plan and build efficient, scalable Flash applications using MVC architecture.

Extending Design Patterns into RIA

Learn how you can extend current design patterns to rich client technology.

Learning Fusebox Basics

Apply the Fusebox framework to your ColdFusion apps and reap the benefits.

Using Flex to Build Your Struts Apps

Christophe Coenraets creates a sample Flex front end for a Struts app with you.

Choosing Between XML, Web Services, and Remoting for Rich Internet Applications

Learn how to decide which type of data service you should use: XML, web services, or Flash Remoting.

Ben Forta on Architecture: Intro to ColdFusion Components

See how CFCs display the power of objects and the simplicity of CFML.

Applying a Struts Framework to ColdFusion MX

A Java developer explains how using a Java struts architecture streamlined his ColdFusion application development.

Service-oriented architecture as the backbone for distributed GIS systems

Duane Nickull (Jan. 14, 2008)
Understand the relationship between geographic information systems and service-oriented architecture and see how GIS can benefit from SOA.

Integrating Flex 2 and Ruby on Rails

Learn how to use the Ruby on Rails framework with Flex as you build an issue-tracker application.

Get more from your Ajax applications

Ajax developers: Add scriptable Flex or Flash elements directly within your Ajax application with the Flex-Ajax Bridge.

Stepping into the New Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Component Structure

Migrate to the v2 components by understanding your deployment options and choosing the best upgrade path.

MAX Session Preview: Object-Oriented ColdFusion MX

Get your head around using ColdFusion MX in an object-oriented way.

Exploring the version 2 component architecture in Flash 8

Find out how the Flash 8 component architecture incorporates industry-wide code standards.

Architecture Blogging with Sean Corfield

Sean Corfield gives "An Architect's View" of macro and micro application development issues.

Optimize Your Application: Design Patterns

Reduce overhead and increase coding efficiency with façade and value object design patterns. Sean Corfield explains how.

A Tour of the Pet Market Blueprint Application

Take a detailed look at the components of the Pet Market application: what they do, how they are coded, and why they are coded that way.

Using ColdFusion MX in Distributed Mode

See how one developer sped up the performance of SQL queries in this case study.

N-tiered Architecture: Let Your Application Grow

Make sure your application can scale. Use an n-tiered architecture to make it flexible and easy to update.

Design Patterns: Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Create more flexible, elegant, and ultimately reusable designs when you write object-oriented software. Find out how in this Addison-Wesley book excerpt.

Updating Content Across Geographically Distributed Servers

Learn how to use ClusterCATS to ensure synchronous replication of content.


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