Riawave
September 13th, 2006I was recently contacted by Jeremy from richtechmedia.com and given a copy of the Riawave which he defines as a lightweight, rapid development approach specially designed for Flex 2.
Image courtesy of richtechmedia.com
As you may or may not know, I am a big supporter of Cairngorm however, it can be very cumbersome when creating small to medium sized applications and can sometimes be very intimidating to developers who are new to Cairngorm or Flex in general.
Riawave is a very lightweight approach which has many similarities without all of the complexities of Cairngorm. I wouldn’t say that Riawave is a replacement for Cairngorm, I would say it is a great way for new developers to get there feet wet in the world of Flex using many best practices in a structured format. It is also a great solution for small to medium sized applications that have a defined limit to their scope in terms of number of screens, events, etc.
I will continue to use Cairngorm on my projects that I feel merit its usage, but will definitely put Riawave to use when I am working on a smaller project that has a strict timeline and require a more rapid pace of development.
If you are a new Flex developer looking for an easy to use methodology that includes many best practices or a veteran Flex developer looking for a rapid development solution for your projects, I would suggest you check out Riawave.
Riawave source files zip or rar
Riawave documentation download
Online demo of a Riawave application try it
Let’s all say thank you to Jeremy and the guys at richtechmedia.com for making Riawave freely available to the Flex community.
Rich
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