I’ve updated SomaUI, the AIR tool that generates the draft of a Flash website build with SomaMVC. Sorry for the late update but you can now use the generator with Flex 4 and target the Flash Player 10.1.

To avoid a confusion, SomaUI is an AIR tool that generates AS3 sources build with the AS3 MVC Framework SomaMVC.

SomaMVC has nothing to do with SomaCore, they are 2 different frameworks and don’t share the same goal.

While SomaMVC (which would entered in the same category as the Gaia Framework) is meant to be generated and rely on an XML File to describe and build its content, SomaCore is a lightweight MVC framework that doesn’t build anything for you and would entered in the same category as PureMVC.

I intend at some point to rebuild SomaMVC using SomaCore and unify these 2 projects.

You can find the new SomaUI version on this page or on the Google code project.

I’ve just uploaded a new video tutorial (48 min) for my lightweight AS3 MVC Framework SomaCore.

You can now get started with it. I explain how to create the framework instance, how to create a wire, create views, create commands and how to intercept them.

I hope you like it!

A minor update for Soma and SomaUI, mostly bug fixes. The source are available available on the SomaUI page.

SomaUI v2.0.2

-bug fixed: page selection in the page tab wasn’t working properly
-bug fixed: layout tab and layout properties wasn’t correctly updating the XML
-bug fixed: Flash Player wasn’t correctly updated in Page Settings tab when opening a project
-update: new page auto-name renamed to Page1, Page2, etc
-update: Soma v2.0.2

Soma v2.0.2

-bug fixed: layout with a background alpha 0 wasn’t displayed

Note: to update sources already exported with a version 2.0.x, just grab the com.soma package (or SWC) and replace, or in SomaUI, in the export tab and under Soma Framework, select “overwrite all”.

Here is a new Video Tutorial about the MovieClip Page Mode in Soma, it might remind you the Flash Catalyst workflow. This mode is only for Flash IDE user. I’m creating a designed site in few minutes by importing Photohop Files in MovieClip that wll be managed by Soma.

The PageManager will instantiate MovieClip instead or pure actionscript class. It is a very useful mode if you want to build your site with the Flash IDE with a minimum of code, and very quickly.

New version available (v2.0.1), small bugs solved with the Page Manager.

Here is how I will update Soma and SomaUI. There is 3 numbers in the version number:

1. the first is a major update, where possibly everything change, probably not usable with previous sources.
2. the second is a medium update, the structure might slightly change and it might need refinement to match with a previous medium version.
3. the third is a minor update, totally transparent for the user, you can update the framework and the generator without breaking what you have already done.

So this is a minor update, meaning it doesn’t change anything for what you are doing. You can just update the framework and the generator. SVN and source (zip) have been updated, you can get them in the SomaUI page.

Romu