Starting my component framework

Question

ok so i'm getting into developing my apps with components and
i'm reading a couple of books to help me. However some of the
things these books are saying are conflicting with each other. Like
'Object Oriented Actionscript for Flash 8' by friends of ed is
saying it's best to start from scratch with my own UIObject and go
from there so that i know how everything works from inside out. But
then i am reading other literature wich go from the perspective of
building components by extending, or otherwise using, the flash
component architecture, which seems smart enough, after all if
there is a complete acrchitecture there to begin with, why rebuild
what already works.
However the flash component acrchitecture is huge and
complicated and i could spend years learning how it works properly,
and even then i don't know if it will suit my needs. For example
when it comes to skinning compenents i've had a hard time in the
past and having complex animations between different states of the
component (ie. a tween to take a button from enabled to disabled)
seems to be almost impossible. and if i create a component from
scratch i could build and understand this functionality in from the
start.
Also i'm going to be moving onto actionscript 3.0 soon and
flex builder 2 and i don't know how the component architecture is
gonna differ from what i'm using now.
I'd like to hear from other developers out there the pros and
cons of either side of the argument, and how you guys go about this
side of programming GUIs. Do you use the build in components or do
you have a library of your own componets that you've built from
scratch? Do you extend from the flash comps to build your own or
have you defined your own version of UIObject? Are there different
things to consider when it comes to using AS 3 and Flex 2? How do
you skin your components when absolutly everything needs to be
smoothly animated? Should i put the time and effort into learning
the flash component architecture???
As you can tell, i'm in a bit of a whirle here and i just
wonna get started on the right foot. most of all i just wonna get
on with building the rich apps that are in my head! So any pointers
in the right direction will be much appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi thanks for the reply, i have managed to find out that the oa framework version in my instance that is as below,
OA Framework Version InformationOA Framework Version 11.5.10.3CU.
MDS Version 9.0.5.4.89 (build 554)
UIX Version 2.2.22
BC4J Version 9.0.3.13.87
But i couldn't find the matched jdeveloper version to use in that note 416708.1 listed. and in my system i have downloaded jdeveloper version is 10.1.3.4.0 . please suggest me.
Thanks
Edited by: user549459 on Aug 25, 2008 2:11 PM