Application/Session scopes in Flex
As a new Flex developer-in-training my default learning path is to mimic what I can do in other languages. In ColdFusion we have very convenient built-in "scopes" that one can use to share information to other parts of an application, persist data for a user session, etc... One of the scopes that I use most often is the application scope. This is where I would typically load CFC's that perform application wide duties and that will be used often. I also store information there that is used in decision making or for caching, etc.... So naturally when going beyond the "hello world" examples and tutorials and getting down to building real world applications I started to explore different ways of replicating an "application" scope.