Hi Hugo, Others can comment on the TS idea (1). FWIW it has come up before.
I'm not sure I understand (2). Are you saying we should get rid of namespaces with flash? I'm not aware that we have those. Confused... As for (3), Moonshine, AFAIK, provides some templates for newcomers. Also, I think Josh experimented with yeoman [1] scaffolding for Royale. Is that what you had in mind? [1] The web's scaffolding tool for modern webapps | Yeoman<https://yeoman.io/> ________________________________ From: Hugo Ferreira <hferreira...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, December 9, 2024 12:25 PM To: Apache Royale Development <dev@royale.apache.org> Subject: Suggestions to help bring new blood Hi, These are probably crazy ideas that are unlikely to be implemented, but I would like to share them anyway: 1. One way to make Apache Royale more attractive to new blood is to provide the compiler with not just 1 but 2 languages, that is, in addition to ActionScript 3, support TypeScript. New developers will never search for AS3 but instead for TS. Also MXML should have another terminology. 2. Another suggestion is to somehow have aliases for the namespaces, that is, wherever the terms flash and adobe are still used. I know in the past this could hurt sensibilities, but it has been many years since Flash went extinct and its relationship with Adobe was severed. This resolves some stigma that may still exist for new developers to come. 3. This suggestion is for VS Code: Make some kind of setup for VS Code that helps create new projects for newcomers (templates out of the box). Best regards, Hugo.
