Sounds right to me. On 10/27/14, 5:27 AM, "Christofer Dutz" <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote:
>Hi Alex, > >thanks for explaining in more detail. But I have to admit that I'm really >confused now ;-) > >So after switching to the develop branch of flex-asjs the project >actually contains stuff :-) >Let me see if I understood things: > >Flex-jsas is a new implementation of a Flex framework core library for >which both JavaScript as well as ActionScript implementations are >available. > >Then there is flex-falcon which contains the actual falcon compiler in >the "compiler" subdirectory. Everything in "compiler.js" is obsolete and >I should ignore it. The parts I need for FlexJS is compiler plus >compiler.jx ... is that correct? >Hereby compiler contains a one-to-one replacement for the old compiler >and compiler.jx contains the stuff for cross-compiling to JavaScript? If >I use MXMLJSC for compiling instead of MXMLC I would produce JavaScriptb >because it initializes Falcon with other "templates" for producing output? > >In this case a FlexJS build producing Flash output wouldn't be any >different than a normal falcon compile, but using different framework >libraries. Ist hat correct? If this was the case, I would need one more >artifact for FalconJX and the set of dependencies for the FlexJX >libraries. > >Chris > > > > >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] >Gesendet: Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 05:26 >An: dev@flex.apache.org >Betreff: Re: AW: Adding support for FlexJS & FlexJX to Flexmojos > >FlexJS has evolved a bit and no longer overlays a Flex SDK. The current >install script does borrow some files from a Flex SDK binary package, but >now that i’m thinking about it, that may not be necessary anymore. > >I’m not a Maven expert, and haven’t really thought through how it works >with Maven, but if you aren’t interested in making a set of files that >will work in an SDK and will just create FlexJS SWFs and JS, it probably >isn’t that hard to get it going. > >The current workflow for FlexJS is you take more MXML and AS and compile >it against a different set of SWCs using Falcon to get a SWF. Some >different compile flags are required and you can find them by comparing >the flex-config.xml for FlexJS against one from a regular Flex SDK. I >think you can use what you have for Falcon to generate this SWF. > >Then, once the SWF is built and tested, folks then generate the >HTML/JS/CSS/SVG version. This is done by compiling with the jars >produced in Falcon’s compiler.jx project with the command-line options >you should find if the FlexJS repo in js/bin/mxmlc. > >The mxmlc jar in compiler.jx not depends on the falcon jars in the >compiler project, and the Google Closure Library jar. The same SWCs used >to build the SWF get used, but in addition, every -sdk-js-lib option >specifies a folder full of .js files that represent the JS version of the >classes in the SWCs. There is not currently a one-to-one relationship >between a folder of .js files and a single SWC, but I suppose we could do >that if needed. > >Let me know if you have more questions. You can also look at the ant >scripts used to compile the examples folder in the flex-asjs repo. > >-Alex > > >On 10/26/14, 12:58 PM, "Christofer Dutz" <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> >wrote: > >>Hi Erik, >> >>thanks for the details ;-) >> >>But all is happening in the flex-falcon project. Am I correct? >>Here I already created maven artifacts from the "compiler" module, >>which seems to be Falcon itself. >>Then there are compiler.js and compiler.jx both seem to contain a >>org.apache.flex.compiler.clients.MXMLJSC >>I coudln't find any FlexJS JS or AS or whatsoever libraries. >> >>It is my goal to have maven artifacts on any libraries bundled in a way >>that there is no need for any overlaying or other trickery. >> >>But I still need a little help with getting up to speed with everything >>:-) >> >>Chris >> >> >>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>Von: Erik de Bruin [mailto:e...@ixsoftware.nl] >>Gesendet: Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2014 18:31 >>An: dev@flex.apache.org >>Betreff: Re: Adding support for FlexJS & FlexJX to Flexmojos >> >>Just to make this conversation a bit clearer: there is no FlexJS jar. >>The Java part of FlexJS - which is the cross compiler - is named >>FalconJX. >> >>FlexJS is the combination of FalconJX, the AS SDK, the JS SDK as well >>as the Google Closure Compiler, which is an external dependency. In >>addition to these parts, FlexJS needs to be installed as an overlay of >>a regular Flex SDK, which in turn is kinda ‘stripped and rebuild’ to >>accommodate the various FlexJS parts. Finally the whole process is tied >>together and made accessible for the end user by offering a few .launch >>files to be used with Flash Builder. >> >>Maybe Alex can explain this a bit better, he is the lead architect of >>FlexJS. I just keep busy hacking FalconJX to get VF2JS (my own hobby >>alternative to FlexJS) off the ground. >> >>EdB >> >> >> >>On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Christofer Dutz >><christofer.d...@c-ware.de> >>wrote: >> >>> It's nothing Maven-Special I'm talking about. It's just some plain >>> old Java jar dependency thing. >>> I would like to have FlexJS as an addition to Falcon. So assuming a >>> project allready has Falcon, by adding the FlexJS jar, the user would >>> be able to use FlexJS. >>> >>> I've tried compiling FlexJS several times now, but it keeps on >>> failling with java compile errors. >>> >>> Oh well ... I really really hope that I get a first running example >>> working in the next one or two weeks ... I'm sort of slightly >>> starting to pannic when I'm thinking about the ApacheCon. I wouldn't >>> have dreamed that there were so many rocks to move before finally >>> being able to build FlexJS applications with Flexmojos. But I'm >>> finally seing the finishing line :-) >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>> Von: Erik de Bruin [mailto:e...@ixsoftware.nl] >>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2014 17:21 >>> An: dev@flex.apache.org >>> Betreff: Re: Adding support for FlexJS & FlexJX to Flexmojos >>> >>> I know nothing about Maven and/or FlexMojos. All I can think of to >>> help you along is to look at how FlexJS is set up during >>> installation, and how it uses Flash Builder .launch files to do it's >>> thing when publishing a project. >>> >>> EdB >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, October 26, 2014, Christofer Dutz >>> <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > So how would I setup this scenario? >>> > I have a flexjs-compiler jar artifact that has dependencies on >>> > falcon-compiler.jar? >>> > Would I add an additional flexjs-compiler artifact to the rest and >>> > somehow tell Flexmojos which compiler implementation class it >>> > should use? Having a look at the code, I think it would be an >>> > option to have >>> something like this: >>> > >>> > <build> >>> > <sourceDirectory>src/main/flex</sourceDirectory> >>> > <plugins> >>> > <plugin> >>> > <groupId>net.flexmojos.oss</groupId> >>> > <artifactId>flexmojos-maven-plugin</artifactId> >>> > <version>7.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> >>> > <extensions>true</extensions> >>> > <dependencies> >>> > <dependency> >>> > <groupId>org.apache.flex.compiler</groupId> >>> > <artifactId>falcon-compiler</artifactId> >>> > <version>0.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version> >>> > </dependency> >>> > </dependencies> >>> > </plugin> >>> > </plugins> >>> > </build> >>> > >>> > For normal compilation and something like this for fle >>> > >>> > <build> >>> > <sourceDirectory>src/main/flex</sourceDirectory> >>> > <plugins> >>> > <plugin> >>> > <groupId>net.flexmojos.oss</groupId> >>> > <artifactId>flexmojos-maven-plugin</artifactId> >>> > <version>7.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> >>> > <extensions>true</extensions> >>> > <configuration> >>> > <compiler>flexjs </sourceFile> >>> > </configuration> >>> > <dependencies> >>> > <dependency> >>> > <groupId>org.apache.flex.compiler</groupId> >>> > <artifactId>falcon-compiler</artifactId> >>> > <version>0.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version> >>> > </dependency> >>> > <dependency> >>> > <groupId>org.apache.flex.compiler</groupId> >>> > <artifactId>falcon-js </artifactId> >>> > <version>0.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version> >>> > </dependency> >>> > </plugin> >>> > </plugins> >>> > </build> >>> > >>> > Then I would need some code in Flexmojos to use MXMLJSC instead of >>>MXMLC. >>> > So it seems there is no change needed to the Framework? >>> > >>> > Chris >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>> > Von: Erik de Bruin [mailto:e...@ixsoftware.nl <javascript:;>] >>> > Gesendet: Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2014 16:32 >>> > An: dev@flex.apache.org <javascript:;> >>> > Betreff: Re: Adding support for FlexJS & FlexJX to Flexmojos >>> > >>> > FalconJX takes care of the cross compilation to JS. This is a >>> > separate project in the flex-falcon repository. It basically uses >>> > Falcon to create the AST and then traverses that to create >>> > Javascript. To complicate >>> > matters: this Javascript is then passed to the Google Closure >>> > Compiler for optimalisation and minification ;-) >>> > >>> > EdB >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sunday, October 26, 2014, Christofer Dutz >>> > <christofer.d...@c-ware.de <javascript:;>> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> > > Hi, >>> > > >>> > > well I'll currently treat my work on supporting Flacon as done >>> > > and now want to concentrate on supporting the first JavaScript >>> > > output support to >>> > it. >>> > > I could need a little help getting started with this. >>> > > >>> > > Assuming I was building a classic Falcon application, how exactly >>> > > is the JavaScript output triggered? Is there a commandline switch >>> > > for this? Does the compiler simply need an additional Jar (Or >>>multiple)? >>> > > What changes in the FDK are needed? >>> > > >>> > > Chris >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > 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 >>> >> >> >> >>-- >>Ix Multimedia Software >> >>Jan Luykenstraat 27 >>3521 VB Utrecht >> >>T. 06-51952295 >>I. www.ixsoftware.nl >
