# HitTest() is evil

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-is-evil/274707>\
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**Created:** [November 3, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-is-evil/274707 "2008-11-03T12:10:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Favardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Favardin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Favardin)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-is-evil/274707/1 "2008-11-03T12:10:51Z")

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I’d like to hear your opinion about one thing that keeps me from answering at least 10% of the posts made here: the usage of hitTest(). The moment I see this method inside a code snippet or even just the proposal to use it makes me close my tabs. I think it is cause and/or symptom of almost all problems beginners have with game programming.

If you’re interested, please have a look [at the points I’m trying to make](http://www.scienceandcode.org/?p=73) (I could copy&paste that whole post here, but I doubt anyone would read it then. _cough_alsoiamshamelesslypluggingmyblog_cough_).

Thoughts?