At a recent FlashCodersNY meeting where the discussion centered around the subject of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) design pattern, it struck me that a lot of Flash developers, especially those coming from design backgrounds, did not see the value in using the MVC design pattern.

Well, I’m not here to make the case for using MVC but if you have spent enough time struggling with structuring an application so that it’s clearly represented by a set of well-defined relationships and responsibilities, you would’ve likely tried to implement some kind of MVC pattern. Now, some design pattern is certainly better none. Trouble is, every developer has his or her own approach to MVC. When a team of developers are working on the same project, things can get confusing pretty quickly if there are no common standards to adhere to. (more…)

I recently started looking into using PureMVC for our Flash projects at work. While the project site has plenty of great demos for one to download and examine, there aren’t enough tutorials out there that show step-by-step, how to start building an application using the framework. Fortunately, my friends over at 9M Media have put together an excellent series of articles on PureMVC to help get you started. Check it out for yourselves. (more…)