I was talking to my parents on the phone last Sunday as I do most Sundays, and my dad said that he had never read my blog until just a few days ago. He was impressed, he said, because he had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. “It’s like another language from another planet.” Granted, the things I often write about are usually the most arcane and technical things I do. But, I think it’s time to bring it down a notch and write about the simple things that make writing code for Flash more enjoyable. For me, one of the nicest is data binding. This post is an introduction to the concept of storing application state in a Model Locator and using my BindableModel as a way to bind that data to view components.

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