Comments on: AsWing – ActionScript UI component framework

By: Aron

Aron — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:06:27 +0000

If AsWing isn’t one thing, then simple or minimal… ;)

We all know it the struggle starts, when skinning comes into game. And here AsWing is very powerful.

Import this swc and call UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new OrangeLAF()); and you have a completely different appearance.

However, they ported it pretty “hardcore”. Under the hood it gets even worst. Objects that sound, look and act like DisplayObjects but aren’t, Interfaces everywhere and the object types Keith mentioned. All not very ActionScript like.

Was fun though to get paid to learn all this… ;)

By: Firdosh Tangri

Firdosh Tangri — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:48:16 +0000

@Keith – The ASWing framework tries to emulate the Java Swing framework as much as possible so it is easy for Java developers who are developing for the Flash platform to easily migrate their applications without learning a new API. I would use ASWing for Enterprise level applications but for other usage something like your minimal component set with a small web footprint is a great alternative =)

Cheers,
Firdosh

By: Keith Peters

Keith Peters — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:39:47 +0000

I have a lot of respect for any 3rd party component sets. I imagine if you are familiar with Swing, these would be perfect, but I have to question the decision to go so far down the line with the Swing api. When I saw

new JSpacer(new IntDimension(8))

instead of just

new JSpacer(8)

I really had to question how overegineered ASwing might be. Maybe it’s just my minimal tendencies shining through though. :)