There's another key issue - who wants to work with machine converted code? Sounds like a nightmare. John 2011/12/1 Doug McCune <d...@dougmccune.com>
> ** > > > Just to throw in my two cents... I would not hold out any hope for any > solution that will magically convert your Flex app to a HTML/JS app. Not in > 6 months, not in 6 years. I don't want to be a downer, but I just don't see > it happening. Sure, we may see some tech demos that work on super simple > Flex apps, but I think that's about as far as you'll get. You also might > get tools that let you write a new app in MXML/AS, specifically with > targeting HTML/JS in mind, and that might work well. But I have almost no > confidence that you will ever be able to take an existing, large Flex app > and magically get it to run well as an HTML app. I'd of course love to be > proven wrong. > > My advice is that if you really need to target HTML/JS is to build it new > from scratch. It's a harsh reality, and you're going to hate a lot of the > toolchain, language, and process, but if you really do have the requirement > that you need to have an HTML/JS app, you might as well just rip off the > band-aid in one go instead of holding out hope for a holy grail solution. > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Merrill, Jason < > jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com> wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> Check out another possibility - using haXe for converting an >> MXML/Actionscript project to HTML5/Javascript. The syntax is extremely >> similar to Actionscript, so you could convert the MXML (via the option with >> the compiler to save the generated Actionscript from MXML) to haXe code, >> and the Actionscript too. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Jason Merrill >> Instructional Technology Architect II** >> >> * Bank of America* Global Learning **** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] *On >> Behalf Of *ganaraj p r >> *Sent:* Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:13 AM >> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Flex to HTML5 Conversion tool?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> **** >> >> If my understanding is right, Adobe is working on it currently. So you >> might have to wait for another 6 months or so. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> If that time frame is not suitable for you, I suggest you rewrite the >> project in HTML 5.**** >> >> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Sells, Fred <fred.se...@adventistcare.org> >> wrote:**** >> >> **** >> >> I am looking at the same problem. A very long time ago I designed a tool >> called ezX that was similar to Flex but not nearly as robust. That was an >> Xwindows tool and has since gone the way of the dinosaur.**** >> >> **** >> >> I’m still researching but I think a tool like pyjamas pyjs.org might be >> a building block. You could write an xml parser to handle the mxml to dom >> and then use the dom to generate pyjamas class definitions (which you would >> probably have to tweak by hand).**** >> >> **** >> >> I’m not sure about the action script. Source parsing is too tricky and I >> don’t know if the byte code is easy to handle. Might be better to >> outsource that overseas.**** >> >> **** >> >> Let me know what you decide**** >> >> **** >> >> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] *On >> Behalf Of *Venkat M >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:56 PM >> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >> *Subject:* [flexcoders] Flex to HTML5 Conversion tool?**** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> *Hi Group,***** >> >> * ***** >> >> *I have a quick question.***** >> >> *I have a web application that was developed using 100% flex (AS >> included).***** >> >> *Now to be on the safe side we want to evaluate the options of >> converting the same on to HTML5. ***** >> >> * ***** >> >> *Do any one know of any tools that can help in the process of converting >> from flex (developed) to html5 version?***** >> >> *Your help will be greatly appreciated.***** >> >> **** >> >> Cheers,**** >> >> *Venkat.***** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Ganaraj P R**** >> >> **** >> ------------------------------ >> This message w/attachments (message) is intended solely for the use of >> the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, >> confidential or proprietary. 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