Comments on: No More Writing Getters and Setters in Flex http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex News that matters for Web Developers Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:26:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex/comment-page-1#comment-611314 Frank Fri, 09 May 2008 22:06:13 +0000 http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex#comment-611314 Wow. Awesome stuff. Auto generating getters and setters is definitely a huge help. Sure you only need them in complex situations, but the fact that the mundane part gets auto-gen'ed is very nice. Wow. Awesome stuff. Auto generating getters and setters is definitely a huge help. Sure you only need them in complex situations, but the fact that the mundane part gets auto-gen’ed is very nice.

]]> By: Nathanael de Jager http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex/comment-page-1#comment-295085 Nathanael de Jager Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:53:33 +0000 http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex#comment-295085 Using getters can also help you avoid having your variables set before the instance of your class is fully created. Using getters can also help you avoid having your variables set before the instance of your class is fully created.

]]> By: Tony Fendall http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex/comment-page-1#comment-281993 Tony Fendall Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:31:13 +0000 http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex#comment-281993 Something which largely refutes my previous comment: In AS3 you can override a getter and setter, but you can't override a property. In this case then, it's a good idea to use getters and setters in components which are likely to be extended in the future Something which largely refutes my previous comment:
In AS3 you can override a getter and setter, but you can’t override a property. In this case then, it’s a good idea to use getters and setters in components which are likely to be extended in the future

]]> By: Bjorn http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex/comment-page-1#comment-280905 Bjorn Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:45:17 +0000 http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex#comment-280905 Flex dev is full of repetitive coding. Getters/Setters the no. 1 culprit. I'll try any tool that provides code automation in Eclipse. Flex dev is full of repetitive coding. Getters/Setters the no. 1 culprit.
I’ll try any tool that provides code automation in Eclipse.

]]> By: Jim http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex/comment-page-1#comment-280845 Jim Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:29:30 +0000 http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex#comment-280845 With most getters/setters I write, I many times have to check bounds or values on the setter and/or calling commitProperties(). So for consistency I write getters and setters as a convention. Maybe I am missing something, but when reading and learning how to write components, the books I have read make use of getters/setters extensively. Also looking at the conventions used in the Flex SDK, the Adobe engineers seem to use getters and setters everywhere (so can they be all that bad). As for saving the typing - sure it doesn't save much time, but typing them is just a plain old pain in the ass. With most getters/setters I write, I many times have to check bounds or values on the setter and/or calling commitProperties(). So for consistency I write getters and setters as a convention.

Maybe I am missing something, but when reading and learning how to write components, the books I have read make use of getters/setters extensively. Also looking at the conventions used in the Flex SDK, the Adobe engineers seem to use getters and setters everywhere (so can they be all that bad).

As for saving the typing – sure it doesn’t save much time, but typing them is just a plain old pain in the ass.

]]> By: Tony Fendall http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex/comment-page-1#comment-280812 Tony Fendall Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:43:18 +0000 http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex#comment-280812 Barney has a good point. If you only need to get and set the variable then just make it public. You only need to create getters and setters when the behaviour is more complicated, and thus can't be generated. In reality developers spend less than 10% of their time actually writing code (most is spent on design and debugging), so anything that only saves you 20-30 charecters at a time doesn't really make much difference to your development cycle. Barney has a good point. If you only need to get and set the variable then just make it public. You only need to create getters and setters when the behaviour is more complicated, and thus can’t be generated.

In reality developers spend less than 10% of their time actually writing code (most is spent on design and debugging), so anything that only saves you 20-30 charecters at a time doesn’t really make much difference to your development cycle.

]]> By: Campbell http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex/comment-page-1#comment-280807 Campbell Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:29:53 +0000 http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex#comment-280807 I got me a swanky logitec G15 keyboard that has macros. and have a whole macro bank for as3. Just highlight the private var and hit M3. very cool if you get into the groove using them. I got me a swanky logitec G15 keyboard that has macros. and have a whole macro bank for as3. Just highlight the private var and hit M3. very cool if you get into the groove using them.

]]> By: Barney Boisvert http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex/comment-page-1#comment-280607 Barney Boisvert Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:10:40 +0000 http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/2672/no-more-writing-getters-and-setters-in-flex#comment-280607 Why, pray tell, would you ever write a getter/setter in Flex that you didn't have to hand code? The whole point of implicit getters and setters is that you can gain the benefits of getters and setters WITHOUT HAVING TO WRITE THEM. Why, pray tell, would you ever write a getter/setter in Flex that you didn’t have to hand code? The whole point of implicit getters and setters is that you can gain the benefits of getters and setters WITHOUT HAVING TO WRITE THEM.

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