On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Carlos Rovira <carlos.rov...@codeoscopic.com > wrote:
> That sounds really amazing. So in the beginning was a mix of AS3 and JS. If > JS didn't exit, then it was generated. > So, the strategy now is to have all in AS3 and *all* (or the most possible) > JS generated? > > Yeah, your right. If you red back in the archives I said I would love to enable Peter and Alex to only have to focus on the framework and for them not to have to write JS, I saw that as a huge minus for the project actually taking off. So I spent about 1.5 months writing the externs compiler(EXTERNC) and getting it to mostly compile all of the google closure extern(hearder) files. I am so happy to hear that Alex and Peter have almost got done what I saw could be a huge benefit with the tool I wrote. Anyway, it's also nice to see FalconJX (my name for the failed FalconJS) compiler actually seeing some runtime. I spent so much time writing the unit tests and developing FalconJX that I got so depressed in 2013 I quit basically. Alex must have seen some value in it because Erik and him got the MXML emitter working during the time I had left. Anyway, I wish I had some projects for FlexJS/FlaconJX but my story is still the same. I am using Feathers and AIR for some audio apps and it requires native extensions calling C++ API so the JS part is kind of out for me experimenting with those apps right now.. Mike > 2015-12-01 20:37 GMT+01:00 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>: > > > > > > > On 12/1/15, 11:13 AM, "carlos.rov...@gmail.com on behalf of Carlos > Rovira" > > <carlos.rov...@gmail.com on behalf of carlos.rov...@codeoscopic.com> > > wrote: > > > > >Hi Alex, that sounds amazing. > > > > > >One question for me is what you refer as "externs". Could you share what > > >this means? > > > > Externs are like header files for JS libraries. Michael Schmalle made it > > possible to create a SWC like our js.swc that contains the > > playerglobal.swc equivalent for the browser. It contains HTMLElement, > > Document, Window, XMLHTTPRequest, etc. The source for the externs comes > > from Google Closure Library. > > > > This allows us to write fully functional JS applications and frameworks > by > > writing them in AS, even in an IDE with code completion, and outputting > > JS. The FlexJS 0.5.0 framework currently consists of thousands of lines > > of JS code handwritten by Peter and I and others. We are almost done > > rewriting those JS files in AS. The advantages are significant. The > > compiler catches things sooner, we don't waste time forgetting to type > > 'this.' or debugging when we do, we don't waste time typing out package > > path names, etc. Also, the AS code for the SWF and the JS code for the > > browser for any particular component often shared quite a bit of code and > > now all that shared code is in one file with conditional compiles for JS > > or SWF-specific code. In the end, I now strongly believe that AS is a > > better language for writing JS. > > I expect that we'll be able to create components in FlexJS much more > > quickly this way. > > > > -Alex > > > > > > > -- > > Carlos Rovira > Director General > M: +34 607 22 60 05 > http://www.codeoscopic.com > http://www.avant2.es > > > Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener > información privilegiada o confidencial. Si ha recibido este mensaje por > error, le rogamos que nos lo comunique inmediatamente por esta misma vía y > proceda a su destrucción. > > De la vigente Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos (15/1999), le comunicamos > que sus datos forman parte de un fichero cuyo responsable es CODEOSCOPIC > S.A. La finalidad de dicho tratamiento es facilitar la prestación del > servicio o información solicitados, teniendo usted derecho de acceso, > rectificación, cancelación y oposición de sus datos dirigiéndose a nuestras > oficinas c/ Paseo de la Habana 9-11, 28036, Madrid con la documentación > necesaria. >
