William B. Sanders is currently a professor of Sociology and Interactive Information Technology at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, of which he was a founding faculty member. He has published over 40 computer books, including eight on Flash, ActionScript, or Flash Communication Server. Bill founded Sandlight Productions in 1984 as a computer book and software publication company, which has evolved over the past 22 years into an Internet development company specializing in Flash, ActionScript, and Flash Communication Server applications, along with e-business strategies. He has worked with computers ever since his alma mater, the University of California at Santa Barbara, was one of only four nodes on ARPANET, along with UCLA, Stanford University, and the University of Utah. When he's not writing, he updates his websites at sandlight.com and iit.hartford.edu. Bill recently published an instructional video on using Flash Media Server 2 for authorized training provider Train Simple.
When you create a Flash Media Server 2 application, you typically place
emphasis on optimizing the quality of the communications. That is certainly
as it should be. Likewise, quality object-oriented programming (OOP) is
another priority. One standard in OOP is design patterns-abstract concepts
for solving recurring problems using designs that optimize OOP when you apply
them appropriately. The seminal work in design patterns is Design Patterns:
Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm
Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides, affectionately known as "The Gang of Four"
or simply GoF.
One design pattern in particular, the state design pattern (or SDP), focuses
on the different states in an application, transitions between states, and
the different behaviors within a state. A simple Flash video player
application, for example, has two states... (more)
William B. Sanders is currently a professor of Sociology and Interactive Information Technology at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, of which he was a founding faculty member. He has published over 40 computer books, including eight on Flash, ActionScript, or Flash Communication Server. Bill founded Sandlight Productions in 1984 as a computer book and software publication company, which has evolved over the past 22 years into an Internet development company specializing in Flash, ActionScript, and Flash Communication Server applications, along with e-business strategies. He has worked with computers ever since his alma mater, the University of California at Santa Barbara, was one of only four nodes on ARPANET, along with UCLA, Stanford University, and the University of Utah. When he's not writing, he updates his websites at sandlight.com and iit.hartford.edu. Bill recently published an instructional video on using Flash Media Server 2 for authorized training provider Train Simple.
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