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Cairngorm Guidelines

This page collects together the guidelines and best practices established by Adobe Technical Services, the Cairngorm Committee and our partners. It is presented in three parts:

1. Introduction
2. Architecture Guidelines
3. Best Practices

The introduction explains what Cairngorm is and how to begin applying it. The guidelines describe our preferred client-side architecture in detail. The best practices are simple lists of recommendations, ready to be handed to development teams.

1. Introduction

Cairngorm covers a lot of ground. These sections introduce the main features and describe how to get started with Cairngorm before diving into the more detailed guidelines and best-practices.

• Getting Started with Cairngorm
• Overview of the Cairngorm Architecture
• A Simple Sample Application Explained
• A Modular Sample Application Explained

2. Architecture Guidelines

Cairngorm recommends an architecture that arranges code into layers with different kinds of responsibilities. The following guidelines explain the architecture in detail:

• Presentation Layer
• Application Layer
• Domain Layer
• Infrastructure Layer
• Modular Development
• Options in Loose Coupling
• Options to Construct, Retrieve and Isolate Objects

3. Best Practices

It's important to make best use of the features provided by the Flex SDK. These best practice documents make that easier:

• Best Practices for Agile Unit Testing
• Best Practices for Performance
• Best Practices for Logging
• Genuinely Reusable Presentation Components
• Quality Guidelines