- Ready for Development
- Application Framework
- Component Development
- Design Integration
- Team Sync
- What's Next?
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Application Framework
Based on the application framework architecture, the development team began construction on the foundation of the code base. The first step was to create a new project in Flash Builder based on a Flex AIR project. From there, the initial package structure was created to define the location of various project assets such as images, CSS, configuration files, and files related to the code base. Once complete, the project was checked into Subversion and shared with the rest of the development team.
With a base project in place, the team started splitting up tasks and began constructing the application's base functionality. Initial functionality included menu systems for Mac OS and Windows as well as a preference system to keep track of WorkflowLab's dimensions and placement in the application window on the user's desktop.
The initial Command Action Delegation and Data Map system were set up using the DevelopmentArc Core framework. With this framework in place, the team began construction of logic to read and write WFX files to and from the application (see Figure 1). Files that were read and parsed into the application were stored in data objects (in Flash, they're often called value objects) and placed in the application's model for storage and future reference within the application.
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Figure 1 Translating architecture into code.