AdvancED ActionScript 3.0: Design Patterns

Key Points

• Design patterns don't include language specifics.
• The preferred manner of inheritance in ActionScript 3.0 is fixed inheritance.
• Design patterns require appropriate attention with consideration to memory management.
• The Flash.sampler package gives you insight into each object's impact on memory resources.
• Pointers may prevent the garbage collector from dumping memory.
• Design patterns pass object references for delegation and modification.
• ActionScript 3.0 doesn't recognize abstract classes.
• Always deselect the Automatically Declare Stage Instances option.
• Strong typing facilitates the proper use of objects in a system.
• Strong typing optimizes ActionScript bytecode.
• Avoid the as operator for up/down casts if possible.
• Use config constants ...