Hi Yishay, 1. I didn't know that TypeScript was mentioned before. I searched for it before I suggested it and I didn't find it. Anyway, I think that the similarities between AS3 and TS (I'm not saying that will be easy to do) and the Action Script was a relation to Flash and TypeScript is known, would be OMHO the change with most impact to a chance to bring newcomers.
2. If I search for the therm flash on Royale SDK, it's everywhere. Picking a random file and we have this: import flash.utils.ByteArray; So, stop supporting Flash and get rid of the name would be a plus in terms of image to outside. 3. Yes, but I'm using VS Code and I think that most newcomers would start from there. Again, all these suggestions are not for my own purpose. I can easily start a new project on VS Code, I'm used to AS3 and I ignore flash on my projects because I'm targeting JS as I believe most of us. Best regards, Hugo. Yishay Weiss <yishayj...@hotmail.com> escreveu (segunda, 9/12/2024 à(s) 11:16): > 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. >
