Is dependencies on node and npm a problem? I was thinking this wouldn't be that big of a problem since Cordova-client depends on those projects too.
If it is a huge deal I can look into removing those dependencies Sent from my iPhone On 2012-12-05, at 3:30 PM, Drew Walters <deedu...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, if the WebWorks SDK itself needs to provide native code for > functionality, how will that be provided? > > What dependency differences are we looking at? Looks like to pull and > build WebWorks SDK it would require git, node, npm, native SDK. Anything > else? Does the native SDK have any pre-reqs? > > > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Nukul Bhasin <m...@nukulb.com> wrote: > >>> Does the WebWorks packager for BB 10 handle the compilation of native >>> plugins or do they have to be pre-compiled prior to packaging now? >> No. BB10 WebWorks Packager includes built binaries that are then packaged >> into the app. >> If you want to build native extensions you must use the NDK. >> >> For OS5-7 and playbook WebWorks SDK included BlackBerry Java SDK or Air SDK >> but WebWorks BB10 does not include the NDK >> >> To answer the question why its different for BB10, because I like 9MB >> instead of 900 MB :) >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Drew Walters <deedu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Call me old fashioned but I like 9MB downloads better the 900MB :-) >>> >>> I guess the necessity for this is because unlike WebWorks for OS5-7, the >>> native libraries are not included in WebWorks for BB 10. >>> >>> Does the WebWorks packager for BB 10 handle the compilation of native >>> plugins or do they have to be pre-compiled prior to packaging now? >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Gord Tanner <gtan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Correct. This would be for any cordova BlackBerry 10 APIs (not external >>>> plugins). >>>> >>>> This will allow us the native compile step for Cordova that we don't >> have >>>> access to with WebWorks (that other platforms have). >>>> >>>> The key for this is flexibility. Nothing is changing with this now but >>>> allows us more tools to support BlackBerry 10 Cordova in the future. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Drew Walters <deedu...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Making sure I understand the steps: >>>>> >>>>> 1. User downloads and installs BlackBerry 10 Native SDK and Cordova. >>>>> 2. Executing the create script to create a project will somehow >>> determine >>>>> if the user has the WebWorks SDK and if not... >>>>> 3. Clone the WebWorks SDK using git. >>>>> 4. Build the WebWorks SDK. >>>>> 5. Update the project.properties for the project to point at the >> built >>>>> WebWorks SDK. >>>>> >>>>> I would prefer to not dynamically clone and build the WebWorks SDK as >>>> part >>>>> of Cordova project creation, seems like that could be prone to >> issues. >>>>> >>>>> I would tend to think the majority of developers would not be >> building >>>>> custom plugins for their application. Would the native SDK be >> required >>> by >>>>> Cordova end developers if Cordova for BlackBerry 10 contains some >>> native >>>>> (C++) plugins? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Gord Tanner <gtan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Currently for developing for BlackBerry 10 the user needs to >> download >>>> and >>>>>> install the WebWorks SDK. [1]. >>>>>> >>>>>> This SDK is opensource and available from github [2] and users are >>> able >>>>> to >>>>>> clone and build the SDK with the native development tools available >>>> [3]. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would like to switch the BlackBerry 10 platform for cordova to >> use >>>> the >>>>>> NDK and clone WebWorks from github. The only difference a cordova >>>>>> developer would notice would be what download we tell them to >> install >>>> in >>>>>> the documentations, everything else would be handled by the >>>> ./bin/create >>>>>> script and ./cordova/* scripts pointing where the WebWorks SDK >> lives. >>>>>> >>>>>> This preps us to have the tools available on the developers machine >>> to >>>>>> build any native extensions that may or may not be needed for >>>> BlackBerry >>>>> 10 >>>>>> development. >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] https://developer.blackberry.com/html5/download/ >>>>>> [2] https://github.com/blackberry/BB10-Webworks-Packager >>>>>> [3] http://developer.blackberry.com/native/beta/ >> >> >> >> -- >> *Nukul Bhasin* >> *Computer Engineer, B.Eng* >> *10 Queens Quay W, suite#1710* >> *Toronto, ON, Canada* >> *Ph: 416 508 3157* >>
