Anyone in the BOSTON area wants to start such a group, I
could probably round up a few people.
Keith
Hey Don,
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Thanks for forwarding that link!
I just wanted to add to that - if a person is serious about learning design patterns, it *really* helps to get around a small group of other folks and discuss each pattern in detail - especially in how it relates to ActionScript development. Ali Mills and I worked with a group of Bay Area developers over the past year and went through the Gang of Four book twice. I thought that I had a pretty good comprehension before the study group, but as it turned out - I was wrong! Even after reviewing each pattern every week, we realized that it would be valuable to do them all again.
Joshua Kerievsky (The author of Refactoring to Patterns) has a really great site devoted to helping people organize just such a meeting:
http://www.industriallogic.com/papers/learning.html
I can't wait until more flash developers get into Patterns, Test-Driven Development and agile processes!
BTW - Don't forget to check out the newly-released AsUnit XUL UI and AsUnit 3.0 for ActionScript 3!
Thanks,
Luke Bayes
www.asunit.org
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