On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
> Hi, > > >> I spent some time going through your new framework. First off, I think > it > >> deserves to be called something else. The "JS" in "ASJS" implies that > it > >> is a JS specific implementation of the framework. In reality it is not. > > Well, I called that to show that it is a parallel framework. That we > build > > both AS and JS beads. But I don't care to much about what we end up > calling > > it. > > Well, I do care. There are 2 naming conventions I think are working > well right now: the intended use of a framework decides the first: > ASJS stands for Actionscript to JavaScript, exactly what the > frameworks and tools in there do. There is a brand new framework in there that has nothing to do with JS [1]. In fact, Alex has envisioned this new framework in a way that it does not know where it is going to be run on. My proposal is to have a directory structure that clearly separates the concerns. > The second is the approach taken > when going from AS to JS: first there is FlexJS, Alex's set of bottom > up, start from scratch frameworks (one for AS and one for JS), and > then there is VanillaSDK, my attempt at a top down, use the Flex SDK > and write a complimentary JS framework approach. > > ASJS is also the home of the Publisher I'm writing, which will take > either framework (FlexJS and VanillaSDK) and use it and it's > dependencies to build an AS/MXML project into a HTML/JS project, again > AS -> JS. > > I don't mind renaming/rebranding things, especially is something is > gained by doing so (even if it's only better marketing), but we should > take care not to end up with a too generic naming convention just > trying to fit too many projects under one roof. > I agree with everything you are saying. But please hear me out. This is what I am proposing: Instead of it being: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/flex/*asjs*/branches/develop/frameworks/as/ http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/flex/*asjs* /branches/develop/frameworks/js/FlexJS/ http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/flex/*asjs* /branches/develop/frameworks/js/VanillaSDK/ etc. lets make it (replace *AlexFlex *with whatever codename you want to): http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/flex/*AlexFlex*/branches/develop/frameworks/as/ http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/flex/*AlexFlex* /branches/develop/frameworks/js/FlexJS/ http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/flex/*AlexFlex* /branches/develop/frameworks/js/VanillaSDK/ etc. This way, I can go in and add something like: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/flex/*AlexFlex* /branches/develop/frameworks/as/src/org/apache/flex/stage3d/ alongside http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/flex/*AlexFlex* /branches/develop/frameworks/as/src/org/apache/flex/html/ Do you see where I am going with this? My goal (if a bit naive) is to tag along with this new framework and explore how best we can start rendering stuff using the GPU. Having a source tree with the term "asjs" and working on Flash player specific stuff - that can never be replicated in JS or HTML5 sounds like a bad idea to me. Hence the request. If you have an alternative to what I am trying to achieve, I am all ears. Thanks, Om > EdB > > > [1] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/flex/asjs/branches/develop/frameworks/as/
