Alex, just checking before I spend too much time on this: with FlexJS, is it always going to be "your way or the highway"?
EdB On Sunday, March 31, 2013, Alex Harui wrote: > I read up a little on Google Closure Events. I was hoping to find some > information on why it takes that much javascript to implement a brand new > event model when it appears (at least from my perspective) that the only > rogue browser is IE8. > > I think I'm going to forge ahead with my custom approximation of events in > IE8 and maybe I'll discover why Google Closure Events are better. I would > rather use a DOM Events API surface since that's what AS has and folks are > used to. > > > On 3/30/13 9:15 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > From [1]: "Closure Library provides the advantage of a consistent > > event model that works the same way in all browsers." > > > > And the GC Compiler takes care of any overhead, it can very > > efficiently re-compile "goog" based Javascript. More so than "manual" > > JS like FlexGlobals. And we're using the GC Library anyways. > > > > I plan to look at the "insides" of FlexJS Javascript code next week, > > see what I can come up with. Maybe start a branch, we can do that > > easily now in git :-P > > > > EdB > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> On 3/30/13 7:54 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl <javascript:;>> > 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. > >> BTW, do we need a DOM event for MouseEvents? > >> > >> Also, I was going to work on IE8 compatibility soon. Does Google > Closure > >> events work well on ie8? How much overhead is there for using it? > >> > >> -- > >> 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
