Professional Cairngorm -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Whom This Book Is For -- What This Book Covers -- Software Versions -- Source Code -- How This Book Came To Be -- The Book's Approach -- Errata -- Open Source Notifications -- Chapter 1: Introducing Cairngorm -- What Is Cairngorm? -- A Brief History of Cairngorm -- Overview of Cairngorm -- Basic Cairngorm Logic Flow -- Cairngorm Project Organization -- Benefits of Using Cairngorm -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Frameworks and Design Patterns -- Types of Frameworks -- Micro-Architecture -- Design Patterns -- The Model View Controller Pattern -- The Observer Pattern -- The Singleton Pattern -- The Command Pattern -- The Proxy Pattern -- Summary -- Chapter 3: The ServiceLocator -- What Is It? -- What Does It Look Like? -- How Do You Create It? -- How Do You Use It? -- Summary -- Chapter 4: The ModelLocator -- What Is It? -- What Does It Look Like? -- How Do You Create It? -- How Do You Use It? -- Summary -- Chapter 5: The FrontController -- What Is It? -- What Does It Look Like? -- How Do You Create it? -- How Do You Use It? -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Events -- What Are They? -- What Do They Look Like? -- How Do You Create One? -- How Do You Use Them? -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Commands -- What Are They? -- What Do They Look Like? -- How Do You Create One? -- How Do You Use Them? -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Delegates -- What Are They? -- What Do They Look Like? -- How Do You Create One? -- How Do You Use Them? -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Value Objects -- What Are They? -- What Do They Look Like? -- How Do You Create One? -- How Do You Use Them? -- Summary -- Chapter 10: How the Pieces Work Together -- A Simple Cairngorm Logic Flow Example -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Project Overview -- Meet the Client -- Project Overview -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Flex Project Setup.

Why an AIR Project? -- Creating the Flex Project -- Linking Cairngorm to a Project -- Summary -- Chapter 13: The Backend -- Description -- Database Classes -- Impact on Cairngorm Usage -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Main Application Setup -- Creating the FrontController -- Creating the ModelLocator -- Main Application Setup -- Summary -- Chapter 15: User Registration -- Registering Users Overview -- Value Objects -- Event Classes -- Delegate Classes -- Command Classes -- Views -- Implementation and Testing -- Summary -- Chapter 16: User Login -- Login and Logout Overview -- Value Objects -- Event Classes -- Delegate Classes -- Command Classes -- Views -- Implementation and Testing -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Adding Posts -- Adding Posts Overview -- Value Objects -- Event Classes -- Delegate Classes -- Command Classes -- Views -- Implementation and Testing -- Summary -- Chapter 18: Loading Posts -- Loading Posts Overview -- Value Objects -- Event Classes -- Delegate Classes -- Command Classes -- Views -- Implementation and Testing -- Summary -- Chapter 19: Adding a Commenting System -- Commenting Overview -- Value Objects -- Event Classes -- Delegate Classes -- Command Classes -- Views -- Implementation and Testing -- Summary -- Chapter 20: Adding Search Capabilities -- Searching Overview -- Value Objects -- Event Classes -- Delegate Classes -- Command Classes -- Views -- Implementation and Testing -- Summary -- Chapter 21: Reviewing Version One -- The Application So Far -- How Value Objects Have Been Used -- How Events, Commands, and Delegates Have Been Used -- How Views Have Been Used -- Looking Toward Version 2 -- Summary -- Chapter 22: Combining Classes -- Identifying Related Events and Delegates -- Revising Registration -- Revising Login -- Revising Adding a Post -- Revising Loading Posts -- Revising Commenting -- Revising Searching -- Summary.

Chapter 23: Calling Methods on Views -- The Problem -- ViewHelper and ViewLocator -- The iResponder Interface and the Responder Class -- Revising Registration -- Summary -- Chapter 24: Sequencing Commands -- The SequenceCommand Class -- Revising Commenting -- Summary -- Chapter 25: Criticisms of Cairngorm -- Criticisms of Cairngorm -- Data Binding -- Singled Out - Bad Singleton, Bad -- I Have To Write How Many Classes To Do That? -- Summary -- Chapter 26: Best Practices -- Ten Tips -- RIA Development with Cairngorm: Adobe Max Presentation -- Summary -- Chapter 27: Cairngorm Plug-in -- Installation -- Cairngorm Locations -- Cairngorm Project Nature -- Create a New Controller -- Cairngorm Project Properties -- Create a New Command -- Customizing the Templates -- Known Issues -- Summary -- Chapter 28: Cairngorm Extensions -- What Are They? -- Notifying Callers -- Event Generators -- Summary -- Chapter 28: Looking Back and Ahead -- Review -- Online Resources -- Where To Go from Here -- Index.