@Harbs we <http://workiva.com> are in a very similar position. Unfortunately we have kind of given up on Flex but the grass hasn't been very green on the other side.
Our production application which uses our custom version of TLF 1 is still all in Flex. But, we have a viewer that is in JS which is using a text layout algorithm on the server then pass down drawing instructions and placing character by character using SVG. We had to roll our own selection because the one built in to SVG is crap. Apparently the performance of SVG is still better than Canvas. We implemented TLF and FTE layout in Python but have been battling the last two years trying to get them in sync with Flex and we still are not there yet. Because of this, as we look to the new text editor we are looking at writing it in either Dart so we can use it on the client but then also use the Dart VM on the server or in Go then use GopherJS to compile it to JS. We had a former Flex team using Typescript but they were frustrated with some shortcomings due to the fact you are still in JS so they ported all their code to Dart and that has been successful. It is slightly slower than pure JS but worth it for the language and the hope of future performance in Chrome. Another team is just starting to leave Angular for Facebook's React using Flux. We have had a decent amount of success with React and this will be our first foray into Flux. AtScript from the Angular team is also very interesting due to the fact that it will be able to be compiled to Dart or JS but I think it is still in the early stages. I suggested this before and I know this will probably never happen but I would love it if Adobe would open source FTE (which I am guessing is in C or C++) so people could use Emscripten to compile to JS or execut it on the server. If we have FTE then then TLF would be pretty easy to port or FlexJS may just be able to keep the the same code. I know this is very much not trivial but it could help the web so much by having a text engine that is compatible across all browsers. On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 3:59 PM, jude <flexcapaci...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think staying with FlexJS will be a big advantage for you. You know many > in the community who will be able to help and improve FlexJS, you'll get > typed AS3 language support and MXML support for layout and markup. > > The only thing I would consider is the text support. I ran into issues with > text layout in the HTML output as well. I was trying to go from Flash text > layout to HTML output and the text in HTML was too high or too low or too > wide and so on. That's just trying to output a static resource from what is > visible in Flash. If you are doing printui interface in HTML you will have > to figure out how to deal with text differences across browsers and the > original source. It may require SVG or HTML canvas or a JS text library. > > Ted Patrick's been working on something called "txt" [0][1]. It looks like > it's doing consistent layout of text across browsers but I couldn't find > any more details than what he's posted on twitter. One comment I read is > that it is matching the layout of text in InDesign. He may also import > TLF[2]??? There is also seems to be an AutoSizeText [5]. > > [0] https://twitter.com/__ted__/status/515128060291477504 > [1] https://twitter.com/__ted__/status/522748823475478528 > [2] https://twitter.com/__ted__/status/523105022007992320 > [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6mCJbDjaY > [4] https://twitter.com/__ted__/status/515125174627074050 > [5] https://twitter.com/__ted__/status/513084940234153984 > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 4:53 AM, piotrz <piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Harbs, > > > > If you have any kind of possibility to stay with ActionScript development > > just do this. I can say that AngularJS is a great framework, but if we > are > > trying to do something really big - debugging, searching in code, fast > > creation of complex ui is far far a way from what we have seen in AS > > development. - I see this in my team where they are working on really big > > AngularJS app. > > > > I think if you successfully prototype your project in FlexJS you will > give > > this framework solid kick and push it to the next level! > > > > Just my small two cents on this. > > > > Piotr > > > > > > > > ----- > > Apache Flex PMC > > piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://apache-flex-development.2333347.n4.nabble.com/To-FlexJS-or-not-to-FlexJS-tp41998p42022.html > > Sent from the Apache Flex Development mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > >
