Category Archives: Architecture

Software design and architecture

Simple Flow Chart for a “Simon-Says” Memory Game

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

This is just a quick little flow-chart. A project I’m working on includes a ‘Simon-says’ type game. I thought I’d share my notes on how the game logic will work. Update: Here’s my quick prototype (before skinning)

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IDisplayObject? – Getting around the lack of an interface for the DisplayObject in Flash

Posted on March 14, 2010 by

Interfaces are amazing things. When I was young and green, I didn’t understand their purpose, but after working with them for a while, I will defend their use to the end. I try to create lots of interfaces early on … Continue reading →

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MVC cheat sheet

Posted on March 18, 2009 by

Sometimes I forget the details of whether my Model should know about my Controller and that sort of thing. I found this little MVC cheat sheet on the internet that got me straightened out in a jiffy with step-by-step instructions. … Continue reading →

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Q&A – is, as, and type conversion

Posted on January 27, 2009 by

A question from a reader gave me an excuse to write a huge rant about type conversions: I’m doing a little exercise in a book that makes a textfield in which each letter can only be entered once. Not very … Continue reading →

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Tip: Adding version checking to your external code library

Posted on October 24, 2008 by

Since version 1.0 of a code library that I’m sure you’re tired of me talking about came out, I have been making steady updates, some of which break legacy code. I was also having trouble keeping track of which version … Continue reading →

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