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I don’t usually write about other people’s articles or write blog posts saying “read this great article”, but now I do. Read this great article called “ActionScript Collections and Functional Programming” by Bruce Eckel. It dives into details about, well you guessed it, collections and functional programming and how it relates to Action Script. Having done a bit of AS coding in the past few months I greatly appreciate this article as it dives into details about an essential part of any programming language, lists.
When you write code you are using collections of items probably without giving it much thought. This is why I think this article is great because it makes you think about how small things in something as simple as collections can have a big impact on your code. When working with Flex the small things do have a tendency to get forgotten while working with monster components like the DataGrid or by wresteling with frameworks such as Cairngorm. While we get caught up in all the hassel with these larger parts of Flex the small things tends to be forgotten and as a result we get more problems. I’d like to thank Mr Eckel for writing this article and reminding me that the little things do actually count and now I can not wait to get started on one of the latest books I purchased: Beautiful Code.
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