Thanks Nick. I was waiting for blogs to come up before asking Om to tweet something. I guess you can just copy this announcement to the blog?
-Alex On 4/24/14 8:52 AM, "Nicholas Kwiatkowski" <nicho...@spoon.as> wrote: >It looks like the blogger software is back online. I'll post up the blog >entry as well. > >-Nick > > >On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> >wrote: > >> Can we maybe have the 'official' Apache Flex Twitter account (and >>whatever >> else for social media we have - LinkedIn, Facebook?) announce this as >>well? >> >> EdB >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >> >> > The Apache Flex community is pleased to announce the initial (alpha) >> > release of Apache FlexJS SDK 0.0.1 and Apache Flex FalconJX Compiler >> 0.0.1. >> > >> > Apache Flex is a highly productive, open source application framework >>for >> > building and maintaining expressive applications that deploy >>consistently >> > on all major browsers, desktops and devices (including smartphones, >> > tablets and tv). >> > >> > Apache FlexJS is a next-generation Flex SDK that enables developers to >> use >> > MXML and ActionScript to not only create SWFs but also cross-compile >>the >> > same MXML and ActionScript to HTML/JS/CSS so applications can run >> natively >> > in browsers. The cross-compiled code can also be used in Apache >>Cordova >> > (Adobe PhoneGap) mobile applications. >> > >> > Apache Flex FalconJX is a next-generation MXML and ActionScript >> > cross-compiler. It extends the next-generation SWF compiler known as >> > Falcon. Both are contained in the release package and are used by the >> > FlexJS package to compile SWFs or cross-compile to HTML/JS/CSS. >> > >> > This is the initial release of FlexJS and FalconJX. It is 'alpha' >> > quality. The purpose of this release is to gather feedback about the >> > features and implementation strategies, and recruit new contributors >>as >> we >> > grow these code bases into an SDK and tool chain that delivers the >> highest >> > productivity developing applications that can run in the most places. >> > These releases may not handle production needs. Expect lots of bugs >>and >> > missing features. Please file bugs at: >> > >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX/ >> > >> > For questions about how to use FlexJS and FalconJX, send email to >> > us...@flex.apache.org. Please try to prefix the subject with [FlexJS] >> or >> > [FalconJX] so it is clear the questions refer to this release and not >>the >> > Flex SDK and MXMLC compiler. >> > >> > For questions and feedback on the development of the source code in >>these >> > release, send email to dev@flex.apache.org. Again, please prefix the >> > subject with [FlexJS] or [FalconJX]. >> > >> > Apache FlexJS and Apache Flex FalconJX are available in source and >>binary >> > form from the following download page: >> > http://flex.apache.org/download-flexjs.html >> > >> > When downloading from a mirror site, please remember to verify the >> > downloads using signatures or MD5 hashes. >> > >> > A simple way to try these releases is to use a pre-release of the >> > InstallApacheFlex 3.0 application which is available at the following >> url: >> > >>https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/flex/installer/3.0/rc7/binaries/ >> > >> > Choose Apache FlexJS 0.0.1 and it will create an Adobe Flash >> > Builder-compatible SDK that uses the Falcon and FalconJX compilers to >> > generate SWFs and HTML/JS/CSS output. See the README or the FlexJS >>wiki >> > for more information. The FlexJS section of the wiki is at the >>following >> > url: >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/FlexJS >> > >> > For more information on Apache Flex, visit the project home page: >> > http://flex.apache.org >> > >> > Please try FlexJS and become involved in shaping the future of Flex. >> > >> > The Apache Flex Community >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Ix Multimedia Software >> >> Jan Luykenstraat 27 >> 3521 VB Utrecht >> >> T. 06-51952295 >> I. www.ixsoftware.nl >>
