In case you missed it Cairngorm 2.2 was posted on Adobe labs on Friday.

Here are the key changes:

• Removed dependency on Flex Data Services (fds.swc) - externalised to Cairngorm Enterprise
• Flex SDK SWCs are no longer linked into Cairngorm.swc (produces a smaller cairngorm.swc)
• Added support for setting remote credentials
• Fixed bug with Web services not loading the WSDL (no need to call loadWSDL() explicitly)
• ModelLocator interface has been deprecated. Added com.adobe.cairngorm.model.IModelLocator
• Added deprecation metadata for compiler support
• Added dispatch() helper method to CairngormEvent class
• Commands are now added to base Controller with weak references
• Added removeCommand to FrontController
• Made commands protected in FrontController (was private)

Well, after a long development cycle, I am proud to announce the release of the all new ringdesignonline.com. This application is the results of many hours of Flex development by myself as well as a large SQL server project for the millions of records of data representing the millions of possible ring combinations, and many hours of design work on the thousands of ring image assets by our talented SQL team and graphics designer.

This is a Flex 2, Cairngorm 2 application utilizing both ColdFusion services and Java Hibernate for data retrieval and persistence. There are many custom features of this designer including the validation button bar, multi row tab navigators, image tool tips, custom preloader, image capture (used in the email a friend functionality), and more.

This designer is also a full blown ecommerce application with this additional functionality scheduled to roll out on 2/1/2007.

This is my largest Flex application to date and I am proud of the way it came out.

Please visit the application and post your comments as they are welcome here.

Rich Tretola

Evan from flexheads.com has posted a new Cairngorm diagram.
You can download it here

Excellent work Evan!!

Rich

I 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

The Cairngorm 2 store example has been posted to Andrew Rayne’s blog.

Rich