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I'm trying to identify some of the pros and cons of having a CMS that is event driven. Event driven is not uncommon. You see it in many scripting languages like Actionscript, javascript, jquery that involve a client. How about in a CMS where the events and their responses happen on the server. What advantages or disadvantages might this approach have, and what other approaches are there that people may prefer more. P.S. Please note that I use Actionscript, JQ, and JS as an example only. You realize that when talking about a CMS this way, the events an their responses are all server side stuff.

We are making a system that has a main swf for the application, and loads separate tools from separate swfs -- there will be versioning issues in the future since the separate swfs are coming from a cms (especially now since we're still developing, but also in the future when other developers might create an incompatible tool). I'm trying hard to prevent them as much as possible but I'd really like to be able to display a message to the user of the system when an incompatible swf is loaded. This would mean that we need to catch that VerifyError or at least determine the loading failed for some

As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&A format. We expect answers to be supported by facts, references, or expertise, but this question will likely solicit debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. If you feel that this question can be improved and possibly reopened, visit the help center for guidance. As a side project, for "fun," I'm rewriting my blog and CMS in Flex and AIR respectively, and while I'm pretty well satisfied with the design thus far, the one major pain point remains working with (which is to say performing CRUD operations on) legacy HTML

I have been trying to understand the way ActionScript's events are implemented, but I'm stuck. I know that AS is single threaded, which means that only one event handler will be executing at a time, and also means that handlers will be executed in a deterministic order*. For example, consider the following code: 1: var x = {executed: false}; 2: foo.addEventListener("execute", function(){ x.executed = true; }); 3: foo.dispatchEvent(new Event("execute")); 4: assert(x.executed); If ActionScript was multi-threaded, it would be possible that the assertion on line 4 could fail sometimes and succeed

static public const CONST_1 :String = "CONST_1"; static public const CONST_A :String = "CONST_A"; public var constantsArr :Array; Is it possible to get an array of the class constant values without adding them manually like this: constantsArr = [ CONST_1, CONST_A ]; Using describeType it should be possible : public class Constants { static public const CONST_1 :String = "CONST_1"; static public const CONST_A :String = "CONST_A"; } var xmlList:XMLList = describeType(Constants).child("constant"); var constantsArray:Array = []; for each(var key:XML in xmlList) { constantsArray.push(key.attribute(

I've done several flash projects working as the ActionScripter with a designer doing all the pretty things and animation. When starting out I found quite a lot of information about ActionScript coding and flash design. Most of the information available seems to focus on one or the other. I didn't find any information about building flash projects in a way that lets the coder do their thing AND gives the designer freedom as well. Hopefully more experienced people can share, these are some of the things i discovered after a few projects Version control is a must (as always) but can be difficult

I've read about each of these but I still don't understand how they all inter-operate, which are competing technologies, or even really what each of them is distinctly. Flash, Air, Flex... Are these all "containers"/JVM-like runtime environments, in which ActionScript code runs? SWF,FLV,AIR... Are these competing file formats which a Flash, Air or Flex runtime environment executes? ActionScript is a C-like language which compiles to SWF, FLV or AIR files? Sorry, with all the marketing around these terms, some of which are used interchangeably, I am quite lost. Suppose I wanted to write an AIR