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What’s 100 Posts?
Here we are at 100 posts already since we started our humble blog in 2007. Our original goal was simply to cover the design patterns that didn’t fit in our book and try to generate a discussion among ActionScript 3.0 developers about OOP and design patterns. However, we ended up going in several different directions and learned a lot (mostly from our readers) at every turn. Here’s a summary list:
- Completed all of the original design patterns
- Introduced PureMVC in ActionScript 3.0
- Created Posts and Tools for OOP Principles
- Started OOP for Artists Series
- Launched Lunch Bucket Series: Take a Design Pattern to Work
- Began Golden Lunch Bucket Contests and World Cup
- Established the Closer Look Series for idiosyncratic topics
- Lively Discussions (aka Brawls) About Contentious Topics
- Generated best group of readers of any blog
We found that our readers are far more diverse than thought. Originally, we expected advanced and intermediate ActionScript 3.0 developers with fairly hefty programming backgrounds. However, we also found that some very smart people who were beginners at programming found their way to our site. Further, they were interested in learning ActionScript 3.0 using OOP structures. We were most gratified to find that comments from the advanced readers were directed at the less experienced in supportive and helpful ways.
What should we write about?
Instead of doing periodic polling, we are trying out a new ongoing feedback feature. See the new What should we write about widget in the center column? Type in new topic suggestions or vote on existing ones by clicking on the green button with the plus icon. You can also comment on suggestions already made.
In memorium
The cat in my simpsonized photo is in memory of my longtime pet of 15 years who was euthanized this Monday. She was suffering from liver and kidney failure. Although in pain, she remained a loving kitty until the very end.
The 100 Posts of ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns: A Retrospective by William B. Sanders, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Bill Sanders
Congrats for the 100th post. Will keep up following because the content really sticks out. Thanks!
Mark,
Thank you! You keep us on our toes!
Kindest regards,
Bill
Congrats! 100 wonderful posts with extremely useful information and examples! Great job and keep it up!
Best wishes,
Barni
Congratulations!
The suggest-a-topic is a good idea, hmm, now to think of something you haven’t already covered… :P
Sorry about the cat, my cat of the same age also passed recently (with same issue I believe)
Keep up the good work!
Gnoll
here’s to 100 more!
Hi Gnoll, thanks of the condolences. Sorry to hear about your cat. They mask their pain so well that it is difficult to figure out when to let go.
Topic suggestions don’t have to be about something we haven’t already covered. We can always go back and cover a topic better than we originally did.
Any topic on design patterns, frameworks and OOP out there that you would like to use (or curious about) but lacking support and examples would be good candidates.
It can also be a topic/issue/problem/solution that you are very familiar with but want to start a discussion and get your fellow developers involved.
Congratulations on your 100th post, this blog has become a must read for ActionScript 3 developers in any range( beginner-advance ) keep it going.
Congratulations and thanks for doing a great job!
I am new to design patterns and you guys make them comprehensible! I am looking forward to having my brain stretched by the conversations in this blog that are pretty much “above me,” and to contributing once in a while when I think I can offer something useful.
Barbara
P.S. I am sorry to hear about your dear cat, Natty. It’s hard to say goodbye to a good friend, I know. I had a cat named Ludwig who lived to be 20.
Congrats on the 100th post! I will keep reading the next 100. Those Simpsons characters look like you both too. Very nice! I love that show and love design patterns, so its a good mix.