Monthly Archives: April 2008

Enumerating data types in Actionscript 3 (AS3)

In computer programming, an enumerated type is an abstract data type used to model an attribute that has a specific number of options (or identifiers) such as the suit of a playing card (i.e. a Club, Diamond, Heart or Spade). … Continue reading

Perfecting OO's Small Classes and Short Methods

This is here as sort of a TODO for myself this year. I want to try this experiment. I really like the concept of breaking down OO projects into this extra fine granularity. He suggests writing a 1000-line program with … Continue reading

Continuous scrolling image thumbnail component for Flex.

I’ve updated this to a proper component implementation that can be found here. Here is the beginnings of a full featured open-source continuous scroll thumbnail component for Flex. It is rough right now, but I plan to polish it and … Continue reading