I've been following FalconJX and FlexJS and now I'm wondering does Falcon itself compile MXML applications? Where is it at?
On Monday, October 27, 2014, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > Sounds right to me. > > On 10/27/14, 5:27 AM, "Christofer Dutz" <christofer.d...@c-ware.de > <javascript:;>> 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 Everything in "compiler.js" is obsolete and 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 <javascript:;>] > >Gesendet: Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 05:26 > >An: dev@flex.apache.org <javascript:;> > >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 > <javascript:;>> > >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 <javascript:;>] > >>Gesendet: Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2014 18:31 > >>An: dev@flex.apache.org <javascript:;> > >>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 <javascript:;>> > >>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 <javascript:;>] > >>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2014 17:21 > >>> An: dev@flex.apache.org <javascript:;> > >>> 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 <javascript:;>> > >>> 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:;> > <javascript:;>] > >>> > Gesendet: Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2014 16:32 > >>> > An: dev@flex.apache.org <javascript:;> <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:;> <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 > > > >
