Hmm. I might have been misunderstanding you.
I thought you were discussing getting FlexJS with mxml markup, data binding and everything else to work with Angular. That’s what I don’t see as a fit. If you mean to simply write Angular applications in AS instead of JS and cross-compile using FalconJX, then yes, that should (probably) work. Besides TypeScript, you can also use CoffeeScript as well as Angular Dart. I can see an argument to write Angular in AS, but that is just utilizing the compiler, rather than the FlexJS framework as a whole. I also don’t think that it makes sense to create an ActionScript compile target for Angular apps. Harbs On Jul 9, 2014, at 8:48 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > OK, I'll try to find time to read up on Angular. It does appear that > TypeScript works with Angular. My rudimentary understanding of this stuff > says that if you can use TS you should be able to use AS as well, but I > could certainly be wrong. > > -Alex > > On 7/9/14 10:43 AM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> FWIW, here’s some Angular-compatible components: >> http://angular-ui.github.io/ >> http://angular-ui.github.io/bootstrap/ >> http://angular-ui.github.io/ng-grid/ >> >> and a whole site dedicated to cataloging Angular modules (some of it UI, >> and some of it business logic): >> http://ngmodules.org/ >> >> As you can see, except for the basic HTML elements, any UI that is used >> with Angular is going to be external modules from either existing UI >> frameworks (i.e. Bootstrap), or ones built specifically for Angular. None >> of these are part of the core Angular framework. >> >> I do think that for FlexJS to be successful, we would need some kind of >> public catalog of external modules (components) similar to the ngmodules >> site. >> >> On Jul 9, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Angular is not really components. It’s more the glue that holds the >>> components together. >>> >>> Basically, the selling point of Angular is how it binds javascript to >>> HTML. Building custom Angular components is the hardest part of using >>> the framework (and for the most part is not part of the framework >>> itself). They call them “directives” and they have very unintuitive json >>> markup that goes with the js code. >>> >>> Angular pretty strongly prescribes how the app is put together and it’s >>> comprised of HTML template and directive files which comprise the view, >>> and controller/factory/service files which comprise the model and >>> controller. >>> >>> >>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/9/14 9:16 AM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I wouldn¹t call myself an expert on the subject, but I have had the >>>>> opportunity to familiarize myself with both Angular and Create.js the >>>>> past half year. >>>>> >>>>> Create.js makes sense to integrate into FlexJS. I¹m not sure I >>>>> understand >>>>> how Angular would/could be integrated. It seems to me that Angular is >>>>> a >>>>> competing framework and I don¹t understand how the two could work >>>>> together. >>>> IMO, most JS frameworks offer a set of components that you glue >>>> together >>>> with JS. I'm not an expert on these frameworks, but I think Angular is >>>> one of them. Assuming the JS framework is not buggy, I think there is >>>> a >>>> lot of pain in writing and debugging the JS code that glues the >>>> components >>>> together (the rest of the pain is probably in browser-specific issues). >>>> TypeScript seems to have reached the same conclusion and offers a new >>>> language to do the gluing. I'd say Dart and GWT also have the same >>>> thoughts. >>>> >>>> FlexJS has the potential to be on-par or better as a way to do the >>>> gluing. >>>> We have IDEs, we have runtime verification, and we have declarative >>>> markup in MXML. >>>> >>>> Think of it this way. If IKEA or other assemble-it-yourself furniture >>>> makers shipped you a box of pieces cut to size and then just nails and >>>> screws and pre-drilled holes, you'd make a lot of mistakes building the >>>> furniture. Instead, these manufacturers use special connectors making >>>> it >>>> much more clear what goes where and making it impossible to make >>>> certain >>>> kinds of errors. >>>> >>>> IMO, classes are those special connectors. JS is just nails and >>>> screws. >>>> In JS, you can attach anything to anything and won't find out until >>>> much >>>> later. In FlexJS, we can offer both better connectors and a schematic >>>> diagram (MXML). >>>> >>>> -Alex >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 5:28 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I hope to attract Jquery, Angular, >>>>>> CreateJS experts and fans to build out these frameworks and making >>>>>> them >>>>>> wade through the current SDK would probably be an inhibitor to them. >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
