On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Om <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 7:03 AM, 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 >> >> 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 >> > > > Erik, > > This sounds very exciting. I cant wait to play around with your > prototype! I am looking at the README files and I dont seem to be able to > locate anything regarding how to build and use your prototype. > The falcon\trunk\compiler.jx\README does not seem to have anything > significant. > > Any advice? > > BTW, UIComponent.js? Sweet! > > Thanks, > Om >
Never mind, got it: asjs\branches\develop\publisher\README.
