Well done guys. This is really brilliant news. Many many thanks a On Jan 25, 2013 6:11 PM, "Frank Pepermans" <frankp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I concur, this is huge news for the future of Flex! Congrats to making > this possible! > > About the vanilla sdk, I have some Jangaroo experience, there you can > build a full AS Button component, > which compiles to JS without the need of a vanilla SDK. > > I assume technically you can do the same, if the basic Flash API stuff is > 'emulated' for JS and included with the compilation? > > -----Original Message----- From: Nick Tsitlakidis > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 6:58 PM > To: dev@flex.apache.org > Subject: Re: [ASJS] AS to HTML5 in action: announcing the ASJS Publisher > and the VanillaSDK JS framework. > > Firstly, WELL DONE TO ALL cause this sounds epic! I haven't tried it yet > but it's already in my todo list. > > I'll go slightly off topic here and ask you if you can share your vision > about the VanillaSDK Erik. I'm reading the hundreds of emails but its kinda > hard to keep up with you guys. You do a great job and you do it fast. > > I plan on investing some time to our beloved project and spending some time > with VanillaSDK made the click for me. That's why I ask. > Also, any hints on what I should read or check to understand how I can > contribute would be really appreciated. Please keep in mind that I never > had any experience with compilers. I'm more of a 'components and apps' > developer. > > Again, congratulations guys. I hope I'll be able to join in soon. At least > I'll try. :) > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: > > Hi, >> >> I'm proud to announce the availability of a 'proof of concept' for a >> Actionscript to HTML5/Javascript work flow. Standing on the shoulders >> of giants (Gordon, Mike, Alex et al., I'm looking at you!) I was able >> to piece together a working prototype of a full Flash Builder -> >> Browser application development tool chain. >> >> The tools are: >> - the Flex SDK. Most importantly, the goal is to allow developers to >> use the tools they know while giving them the ability to publish their >> work to a www-friendly format. >> - the FalconJx browser, which can as of today output a pretty descent >> approximation of AS in JS, the 'goog' way. >> - the ASJS Publisher, an ant script that takes the JS that FalconJx >> produces and puts it through the Google Closure Tools to create both >> intermediate and release versions of the web native application. >> - the VanillaSDK, my attempt at an AS compatible JS framework. I have >> plan for a different type of framework, even better integrated with >> the current Flex SDK, but more on that later ;-) >> >> With these new tools, you are now able (albeit in a very limited way) >> to use the regular Flex SDK for application development in your >> favorite development tool. Using the new ASJS Publisher script, you >> can compile your project into a highly optimized HTML5 application >> that will run in any modern browser. It's that simple... well, almost >> :-) >> >> As this is a prototype, there are some (ha!) limitations: >> - the VanillaSDK (the Javascript counterpart to the Flex SDK) is very >> basic indeed, with only 2 UI components: Button and Label. Both these >> components currently support only 1 or 2 properties (position and >> label or text). It does show, however, how easy it is to create these >> Flex SDK compatible UI elements. >> - not all AS language features are fully supported on the JS side yet. >> - there isn't (yet) support for MXML, but that's coming soon. >> - since this is only a proof of concept, there is almost certainly a >> lot that doesn't work -- to be honest, I'd be suprised if anything >> works at all :-) >> >> If you want to try this out, please get the latest version of the tool >> set from SVN, starting with here: >> >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/**asf/flex/asjs/branches/develop<https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/flex/asjs/branches/develop> >> >> Begin with the README you'll find there. After an initially >> non-trivial setup (SDK, Falcon, FalconJx and the new tools), the >> everyday use is really simple: just one command in a terminal, calling >> one ant script with one argument: this will publish your Flash Builder >> application to the 'js-intermediate' and 'js-release' directories in >> your FB project folder. Simply double click on the HTML files in >> either of these will run your application in your default browser, no >> Flash plugin needed! >> >> Please let me know if this works for you and what issues you >> encounter. Should you feel inspired, feel free to contribute, this >> part of the project can use all the help it can get! >> >> Have fun, >> >> EdB >> >> >> >> -- >> Ix Multimedia Software >> >> Jan Luykenstraat 27 >> 3521 VB Utrecht >> >> T. 06-51952295 >> I. www.ixsoftware.nl >> >> > > > -- > Nick Tsitlakidis, > > CEO and Software Architect at Perfect Edge LTD. > www.perfectedz.com >
