John
Thanks for you input I have been using Flex for 2 years and are very
happy with the tool and just wanted clarity, which you have given me,if
you not involved in the depths this can become confusing, I hope to be
using flex in 10 years, my project has been going for 16 years based on
tool book, and I hope to give it another 10 years with flex
I must say this is the first time I new about work stream
>Falcon will compile/translate AS into HTML+JS,
So a new boy, how could I help out with this work stream in some small way
?
You have made my day
Yes I did know that MXML is translated down to AS, it was just the way
Adobe talk a about the subject I was finding confusing
Scott
On 3/22/13 11:27 AM, "John Cunliffe" <mahn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Scott,
>
>as far as I understand:
>
> - It's the Apache Community, not Adobe, who is developing Falcon. While
> Adobe pays some/most of Apache Flex's main contributors, everything
>they do
> for Falcon and Flex is open source - waiting for YOUR contribution.
> - MXML compiles to AS via Flex already now. This process amongst others
> is done via Flex. Search for "*keep*-*generated*-*actionscript*=true"
> for more information
> - Falcon will compile/translate AS into HTML+JS, which will work almost
> anywhere - also on iPads.
> - How well Falcon translates AS/MXML I cannot answer - but technically
> there is no reason why it shouldn't allow for 100%
> - There will always be a performance loss on iPad/Android with HTML/JS
> or Air/AS/MXML compared to native apps. Take a look at Haxe Nme if you
> don't like that. Stay with Flex if you want to reduce your initial and
> long-term coding time.
> - MXML has nothing to doe with component libraries - it's just
> a structured (via XML) way of coding mostly UI hierarchies. mx/halo and
> fx/spark components are already pure AS with a bit of Flex lifecycle
> conventions on top.
> - Mostly it's not a developer's decision what to work with, but your
> client's requirement dictating what environment to work in. The only
> problem is they often don't know what's best for them - but think they
> really do. ;-)
>
>So what's my advice? Get to know flex, do some programming. Get to know
>AngularJS/DartLang/Closure, do some programming. Get to know iPad/Android
>SDK, do some programming. Then compare and evaluate yourself and find out
>what's important to you - because only you will ever really know what's
>best for yourself, and only after trying it out yourself. The choice is
>yours, for better or worse.
>
>Regards
>John
>
>
>On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Scott Matheson
><smathe...@intralinks.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> Can some one help my understanding
>>
>> Adobe are pushing forward with AS and Falcon, which will not compile
>>MXML
>>
>> Apache Flex community will continure to support and develop AS and MXML,
>> however this version can only compile to Air and iPad if Adobe continue
>>to
>> support MXML which they no longer develop
>>
>> So as a simple small developer, I am left the the prospect of if keep
>> developing in FLEx with MXML I may get left behind by Adobe and not be
>> able to compile to AIR iPad etc. and face the prospect of converting all
>> the MXML in to AS or a 100% rewrite in a different language
>>
>> Should I just stop using MXML and use AS, is there a set of open source
>>AS
>> libraries that will replace MXML, create button, view stack etc, surely
>> every one does not build they own AS libraries for common functions ?
>>
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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