Chapter 18. Advanced reusability in Flex

So far, you’ve learned the basics of OOP and how to make custom classes. We’ve also looked at how to develop cool components that spit out pieces of functionality. In this chapter, we’ll give you an overview of some of Flex’s advanced reusability features.

What is reusability? We use the term loosely to mean ways you can reuse chunks of code either in the same application or across multiple applications. The concept of reusability isn’t unique to Flex; each language provides mechanisms to achieve it. The more you’re able to reuse, the faster you can develop new applications by leveraging existing code. From ...

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