I put your app in the debugger and get the same exception.

And selecting from the dropdownlist doesn't change anything.


On 3/30/13 8:13 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:

> Maybe I'm doing something wrong... the example on my p.a.o works for you?
> 
> http://people.apache.org/~erikdebruin/flexjs/
> 
> Maybe try Chrome?
> 
> EdB
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>> I'm not seeing anything like that in the HTML wrapper.  Safari is definitely
>> throwing on exception on "new Event".  Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/30/13 7:54 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
>> 
>>> I left out FlexGlobals on purpose, I plan to bring the Google Closure
>>> way of dealing with events to FlexJS. The GC way is not dependent on
>>> DOM based events and fits very snugly with the way Flex handles
>>> events.
>>> 
>>> In the mean time I've a method in the "main" HTML that is called Event
>>> and that passes the event through to FlexGlobals for now.
>>> 
>>> EdB
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Erik,
>>>> 
>>>> I finally got time to try to switch over to FalconJX.  It produces js files
>>>> and the app shows up, but the console shows an exception and the
>>>> interactivity of the application is mostly broken because the generated js
>>>> code has snippets like this:
>>>> 
>>>> models.MyModel.prototype.set_labelText = function(value) {
>>>>     var self = this;
>>>>     if (value != self._labelText) {
>>>>         self._labelText = value;
>>>>         self.dispatchEvent(new Event("labelTextChanged"));
>>>>     }
>>>> };
>>>> 
>>>> In the FalconJS output, we are calling FlexGlobals.newObject because Event
>>>> is a special class in the browser that can't be instantiated via "new" and
>>>> FlexJS is using these DOM Events.
>>>> 
>>>> Did I miss a flag, or can I go about trying to intercept these calls and
>>>> have them call FlexGlobals.newObject instead?
>>>> 
>>>> -Alex
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 3/29/13 11:58 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Ok, we're back in business! I think this time I have been working with
>>>>> the right version of FlexJS (the one with the timer and the drop down
>>>>> list?) and it looks to work as advertised:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://people.apache.org/~erikdebruin/flexjs/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Time to get packing for the long flight ;-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> EdB
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
>>>>>> Ah, and there's plenty left for you to "learn" from :-)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> EdB
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> No worries.  Might be a good way for me to learn how it works by getting
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> to work.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 3/29/13 12:31 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Uh oh... Turns out I was testing against an outdated ASJS lib
>>>>>>>> (pre-fb614905ac), so FalconJx DOESN'T WORK against the current
>>>>>>>> iteration of FlexJS. Sorry about that. I will work on that today, but
>>>>>>>> I don't have a lot of time, so it might be a while before I can catch
>>>>>>>> up, due to next week's travel to the land of golden opportunity.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> EdB
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> And another update (things are going much better than I expected):
>>>>>>>>> FalconJx can now emit a fully functional version of the
>>>>>>>>> FlexJSTest_again demo application. You can see it in action here
>>>>>>>>> (provided you use Chrome or Firefox, I just noticed):
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> http://people.apache.org/~erikdebruin/flexjs/
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Onwards and upwards ;-)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> EdB
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I'd have to look into it for specifics, but of the top of my head it
>>>>>>>>>> seems that this most depends on the implementation in the FlexJS JS
>>>>>>>>>> framework. Emitting the strings required by that framework should
>>>>>>>>>> really be easy enough. If needed we can "look forward" into AST to
>>>>>>>>>> look for binding information. I do this in several other places
>>>>>>>>>> already. Even the binding expressions shouldn't be too much of a
>>>>>>>>>> problem, again depending on how this will be handled by the JS
>>>>>>>>>> framework.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> EdB
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> [Bindable] results in extra codegen.  Binding expressions with {} is
>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>> whole
>>>>>>>>>>> other ball of work.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I think in FalconJX you might have to modify the node tree in
>>>>>>>>>>> several
>>>>>>>>>>> places
>>>>>>>>>>> when you hit a [Bindable] node.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> It isn't working correctly in FalconJS either, but my "customer"
>>>>>>>>>>> needs
>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm hacking a fix.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/27/13 1:28 PM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> No, not yet. How is this set up in FlexJS? I'm sure I can read
>>>>>>>>>>>> Metadata
>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>> Databinding information, so I guess it depends on the requirements
>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> emitted JS if I can easily implement this ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> EdB
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, Alex Harui wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Does FalconJX handle [Bindable]?  My "customer" is using it.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/27/13 11:56 AM, "Michael Schmalle" <apa...@teotigraphix.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Quoting Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl>:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Another one popped into my head just now: I have a gut feeling
>>>>>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>>>>>> is a bit of circular logic going on in the whole 'backend',
>>>>>>>>>>>> 'blockwalker' and 'emitter' construct. More specifically in the way
>>>>>>>>>>>> the references to them are passed around as arguments in the
>>>>>>>>>>>> constructors for the various classes. But I can't wrap around it
>>>>>>>>>>>> well
>>>>>>>>>>>> enough to figure out whether it's wrong and if so, what might be
>>>>>>>>>>>> done
>>>>>>>>>>>> about it. Don't get me wrong, it works well, it's just that it
>>>>>>>>>>>> somehow
>>>>>>>>>>>> isn't "elegant". And that's in no way a comment on the
>>>>>>>>>>>> effectiveness
>>>>>>>>>>>> or quality of your code, just something I thought I'd share and see
>>>>>>>>>>>> what you think.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Actually I think it works fine. The problem you are facing is with
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> MXML emitter I am sure. This adds complexity to what you are trying
>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>> accomplish and it is circular from the perspective of using AS
>>>>>>>>>>>> within
>>>>>>>>>>>> MXML.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> There is a buffer writer(output stream), a writer, a visitor and
>>>>>>>>>>>> emitter.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Each one takes a dependency of its parent. Trust me, if there is a
>>>>>>>>>>>> child that knows about its parent I am blind. Like I said, the
>>>>>>>>>>>> block
>>>>>>>>>>>> walker is a visitor and the emitter is a visitor. You cannot escape
>>>>>>>>>>>> the fact there is recursion.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> If you can think of a more elegant way to set it up, by  all means
>>>>>>>>>>>> write a prototype. Remember, I wrote this with an atom bomb under
>>>>>>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>>>>>>> and lighting in the sky, there may be parts that could be
>>>>>>>>>>>> logicalized.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have another full compiler in Randori that I am going to use as a
>>>>>>>>>>>> proof of concept with compiler plugins and my ASDoc compiler I
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote.
>>>>>>>>>>>> So I guess we both can experiment, we can agree to leave the core
>>>>>>>>>>>> alone for the time being.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> EdB
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mike,
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Just kidding ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm really happy with FalconJx, once you get to know it it's a
>>>>>>>>>>>> pleasure to work with. I hope my last commits didn't give you any
>>>>>>>>>>>> additional work in your other projects? I did my best to leave all
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> APIs alone.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> There are plenty of TODOs in the code, and I would also like to
>>>>>>>>>>>> suggest some kind of code review or something (I'm not used to
>>>>>>>>>>>> working
>>>>>>>>>>>> in groups, but that seems like a nice thing to do), since I've been
>>>>>>>>>>>> piling on stuff. I did my best to keep everything clean and in line
>>>>>>>>>>>> with the spirit of the rest of the code, but there are some areas
>>>>>>>>>>>> where I'd like to have a second opinion. Like with the code that is
>>>>>>>>>>>> copied between the DOC and JS emitters, seems there might be room
>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>> improvement there. Also of note is the way I've implemented the AS
>>>>>>>>>>>> emitting within the MXML emitter, not really sure if I did the
>>>>>>>>>>>> right
>>>>>>>>>>>> thing there. And finally (not really, but this is all I can think
>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>> for now, after the marathon hacking I did today) there is the whole
>>>>>>>>>>>> "programming to interfaces, not implementations" part that we
>>>>>>>>>>>> nearly
>>>>>>>>>>>> adhere to, but not quite, we might have another look at that as
>>>>>>>>>>>> well.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> EdB
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Michael Schmalle
>>>>>>>>>>>> <apa...@teotigraphix.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> No thats not what I meant.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I am saying with the Randori project compiler, I have not had to
>>>>>>>>>>>> touch the
>>>>>>>>>>>> core framework for weeks and it is compiling 1000's of lines of
>>>>>>>>>>>> code.
>>>>>>>>>>>> And
>>>>>>>>>>>> application code now.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> What I meant to say was, the design keeps people in the correct
>>>>>>>>>>>> spaces. :)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Note; I AM SURE there are as3 bugs coming, its just nice not
>>>>>>>>>>>> having to chase
>>>>>>>>>>>> them right now.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>>>>>> Alex Harui
>>>>>>>>>>>> Flex SDK Team
>>>>>>>>>>>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Alex Harui
>>>>>>>>>>> Flex SDK Team
>>>>>>>>>>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>>>>>>>>>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Ix Multimedia Software
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Jan Luykenstraat 27
>>>>>>>>>> 3521 VB Utrecht
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> T. 06-51952295
>>>>>>>>>> I. www.ixsoftware.nl
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Ix Multimedia Software
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Jan Luykenstraat 27
>>>>>>>>> 3521 VB Utrecht
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> T. 06-51952295
>>>>>>>>> I. www.ixsoftware.nl
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Alex Harui
>>>>>>> Flex SDK Team
>>>>>>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>>>>>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ix Multimedia Software
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jan Luykenstraat 27
>>>>>> 3521 VB Utrecht
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> T. 06-51952295
>>>>>> I. www.ixsoftware.nl
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Alex Harui
>>>> Flex SDK Team
>>>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Alex Harui
>> Flex SDK Team
>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Ix Multimedia Software
> 
> Jan Luykenstraat 27
> 3521 VB Utrecht
> 
> T. 06-51952295
> I. www.ixsoftware.nl

-- 
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

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