Archive for the 'Collections' Category

Collections framework performance comparision

In the last article I have shown how custom collections handle specific programmig problems more efficiently than the built-in data containers Array and Dictionary. I have named a number of common collections which are part of almost every collections library. In this post I am going to compare the performance of such collections from 3 different libraries.

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Array, Dictionary, Collections – Performance, Functionality, Reliability

This post is the continuation of the basic knowledge article Why we need a collection framework in ActionScript and introduces you to the benefits of collections more from a technical perspective.

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AS3Commons Collections

Welcome to the AS3Commons Collections framework – the successor of the Lite Collections Fx project.

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Why we need a collection framework in ActionScript

In this post, I will introduce you to the meanings of data collections and the different possiblities to collect data we have in ActionScript. Building on that, I am going to point out the most general requirements to a collection framework before I give a survey to existing solutions.

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