I’m glad you pointed out that the One Dot rule is a helpful way to keep the Least Knowledge principle in mind. We’ve also put 10 key principles in an Adobe AIR application for our readers to take to work. Unfortunately, I misspelled “Demeter” as “Dementer” in the AIR version. Therefore, like rare coins and stamps with a misprint this too will be the “rare” version after I get around to fixing it!

If there’s any other way we can be helpful, let us know.

Kindest regards,
Bill

Your work has been so key for legions of ActionScript programmers that your comment is heartening indeed. On the other hand, that really puts the pressure on Chandima and me to be sure we have the highest quality and increases the expectations of our readers!

Wonderful to hear from you,
Bill

Thanks for the kind words. The Lunch Bucket series arose out of the fact that even those who support the concept of using design patterns found that they rarely use them at work. The reason behind that fact is the time pressure and the difficulty of quickly developing programs around design patterns. To help out, we decided that we needed to focus on the principles behind design patterns and some of the more generally useful renditions of design patterns that our readers could “put into their lunch bucket” and take to work. We’ve covered most of the principles for the Lunch Bucket series and next week we’ll have the second Lunch Bucket design pattern. Of course we’ll continue to have our regular discussions of design patterns and ActionScript.

In any event Chandima and I appreciate the fact that our readers find our musings useful and welcome feedback.

Kindest regards,
Bill

The Law of Demeter sounds grand and perhaps a little difficult, but in fact it’s a very simple, basic principle of good programming style. It’s also a principle that all actionscript developers can apply, whatever their level of skill, to improve the…