Something isn't clear to me. Are you proposing that the AS3 code for Flex contains 3 groups of components? (mx or it's equivilent, spark, and goog) Or are you proposing that there are 2 groups of AS3 components, mx and spark, and one set of JS components (goog) which have different levels of compatibility with the first 2 groups?
brought to you by the letters A, V, and I and the number 47 On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: > Hi, > > One of the goals behind the vanilla SDK is to create a JS compatible > framework that closely resembles the Flex SDK. The idea is that the > coding and workflow in the AS IDE (likely Flash Builder) closely > matches working with Flex as we know it. This way ASJS has no learning > curve at all: it's just another release build option. JS output that > "just works" :-) > > In order to do accomplish this, I'm working on integrating the > VanillaSDK into the SDK proper. Don't worry, it's all happening in my > whiteboard for now. > > But I'd like your feedback on some of my ideas, while the > implementation is still in it's early stages: > > 1) create a new namespace in the SDK: http://flex.apache.org/js/goog > 2) add only the components to this namespace that are compatible with JS > output > 3) create JS compatible versions of spark (and other?) components, > using composition > 4) create JS versions of these components: the VanillaSDK > > This way hope to achieve the following: > 1) isolate the new components from the rest of the SDK, to avoid > "confusion" for developers > 2) allow for incremental development, since only properly prepared > components will be available > 3) by using composition instead of inheritance we keep control over > what we expose to the developer, allowing for API compatibility on the > JS and AS side, while still use Flex components on the AS side > > There's (much) more to it, but for now I'd like to ask: does this make > any sense, and if it does, how might we improve on this idea to make > it work better? > > EdB > > > > -- > Ix Multimedia Software > > Jan Luykenstraat 27 > 3521 VB Utrecht > > T. 06-51952295 > I. www.ixsoftware.nl >
