Yeah, you are correct on all accounts. Summed up laymans, Mike had wrapped Guice IOC impl in ActionScript that basically compiled over to Javascript.
The thing he never agreed with about FlexJS back in 2013 was the view. Randori injected HTML templates and injected them into the DOM. But... I wrote the whole compiler, and I can tell you this, it's just a powerful transpiler with a bunch of library support. If you take the whole Randori name out of it, what I wrote was an emitter that barfed plain ole javascript. FlexJS does massive more since it does CSS, MXML States etc. But that compiler in the repo right now can do what you mentioned already. Mike On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Josh Tynjala <joshtynj...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had heard of Randori, but I remember visiting the website and being > unable to figure out what exactly it was from the description on the > homepage. All the language used was pretty dense with technical stuff and > hard for me to understand. Based on community tweets about it, I got the > vague idea that it may be a transpiler, but I figured that if I couldn't > understand description on the homepage, it might actually be something else > entirely or it was in such an early state that it wouldn't be useful to me > yet. In the end, it sounds like I never had the chance properly discover > Randori due to less-than-ideal presentation. > > - Josh > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Michael Schmalle < > teotigraphix...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > And you can see; > > > > https://github.com/RandoriAS/randori-libraries > > > > We had a huge amount of shims for frameworks that "just worked" and > > compiled to javascript. > > > > Mike > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Michael Schmalle < > > teotigraphix...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > > > @Josh We already had it. The Randori project and Randori compiler was a > > > straight transpiler. > > > > > > See; https://github.com/RandoriAS/randori-compiler > > > > > > Nice to see you in the conversation. :) > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Josh Tynjala <joshtynj...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> In my opinion, a separate product that is simply an ActionScript to > > >> JavaScript transpiler with direct access to browser APIs like the DOM > > >> would > > >> be a smart idea. It would help establish the idea that ActionScript > > isn't > > >> only for Flash and SWFs. Developers would see that ActionScript can be > > >> used > > >> similar to TypeScript or CoffeeScript to transpile to JavaScript from > a > > >> more appealing language. In other words, ActionScript will be shown to > > be > > >> evolving in the same direction as other innovative web technologies. > > >> > > >> From there, I think it would be easier to convince developers to > > consider > > >> the full FlexJS SDK because it can be presented as being built with > this > > >> same transpiler technology that has already separated itself from > being > > >> strictly used with Flash. > > >> > > >> - Josh > > >> > > >> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Michael Schmalle < > > >> teotigraphix...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Fred, I didn't mean to contradict anything you said. I just know the > > >> 100's > > >> > of hours you rput into the Randori plugin and I don't want to sound > > >> like I > > >> > am over stepping bounds on anything I say. > > >> > > > >> > Honestly, I thought the whole Randori thing with IOC and it's easy > > >> > framework might actually get used, I had it documented over the span > > of > > >> 5-6 > > >> > months I put in about 600+ hours on FalconJX and the whole Randori > > >> compiler > > >> > and rbl stuff. > > >> > > > >> > What I am saying is really for my own personal security, for some > > >> reason I > > >> > thought Randori might actually translate into work, after it failed > > >> > miserably and all the hours I had invested, I seriously was about to > > >> quit > > >> > programing and dig ditches. :) > > >> > > > >> > I know the whole open source mantra, but it would be nice to work on > > >> > something that gets used by people. FlexJS is another question mark > > >> because > > >> > on top of the technology transforming things and not just HTML/JS > > >> > framework, you have to wipe the idea out of peoples head this IS NOT > > >> Flash > > >> > and Adobe, it's ActionScript and MXML, a design pattern, just like > all > > >> the > > >> > other frameworks an automated tools out there for JavaScript > > currently. > > >> > > > >> > Anyway. > > >> > > > >> > Mike > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Frédéric THOMAS < > > >> webdoubl...@hotmail.com> > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > Well, it seems the in last 2 answers (Mike and myself), there is a > > >> > > contradiction, actually there is not, there are only few scenarios > > for > > >> > > IntelliJ IMO > > >> > > > > >> > > - We don't do anything particular and we use FlexJS as a lib on > top > > of > > >> > the > > >> > > Flex SDK an we have a not user friendly setup as we've seen > > recently. > > >> > > > > >> > > - We overlay ourself the FlexJS SDK on top of the FlexSDK, we > > deliver > > >> it > > >> > > like that and make think IJ that's a flex SDK (that was a bit my > > >> previous > > >> > > answer), in this case, we could have I guess most of the IDE > goodies > > >> > > working, not ideal at all but better. > > >> > > > > >> > > - We create a Facet for the Flex SDK and this facet does the job > of > > >> > > overlaying the FlexSDK with FlexJS an plug the FlexJS compilation > > >> > workfow, > > >> > > etc.. into the IDE, create some wizards, etc..., that still means > > the > > >> > user > > >> > > will create a Flex Project before applying the facet though > > >> > > > > >> > > - We create a Facet for the FlexMojo in the same way Jangaroo does > > for > > >> > its > > >> > > maven plugin and this facet take care of the FlexJS compilation > > >> workfow > > >> > into > > >> > > the IDE, create some wizards, etc..., that still means the user > will > > >> > > create a Maven Project before applying the facet though > > >> > > > > >> > > - We don't base anything on the FlexSDK, we need a plugin like > > >> Randori. > > >> > > > > >> > > Frédéric THOMAS > > >> > > > > >> > > > Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 12:53:46 -0400 > > >> > > > Subject: Re: [FlexJS] IntelliJ Integration > > >> > > > From: teotigraphix...@gmail.com > > >> > > > To: dev@flex.apache.org > > >> > > > > > >> > > > @Alex > > >> > > > > > >> > > > https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-116986 > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Been there, done that. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > BTW, I would hope that better integration with IntelliJ > doesn’t > > >> > > require a > > >> > > > whole Randori-like plug in. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Considering how much time Fred etal put into that "project", I > > doubt > > >> > > there > > >> > > > is enough time to get even close to what we had. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > It's not a question of if you should, it's something that speeds > > up > > >> > > > development. I agree in one respect that before I spent any time > > on > > >> an > > >> > > > extras for workflow enhancement, the framework needs to be used > by > > >> more > > >> > > > than the developers, my total mistake with the whole Randori > > >> project. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I'm not making any mistakes this time because I am using my > hobby > > >> time, > > >> > > > psychologically it's different for me that it's just a fun thing > > to > > >> do > > >> > > > right now. I needed a little project that would challenge my > mind > > >> and > > >> > > > programming skills compared to what I do on mobile right now, > it's > > >> just > > >> > > > plain work. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Mike > > >> > > > > > >> > > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > On 5/15/15, 9:03 AM, "Frédéric THOMAS" < > webdoubl...@hotmail.com > > > > > >> > > wrote: > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > >It was a revert of the previous commit because I used > IntelliJ > > >> the > > >> > > code > > >> > > > > >cleanup function which touched all the files, the following > > >> commit > > >> > > > > >59659f7cc66a20a9450d4a3117a5f999f1fa41c7 shows that only > > DebugCLI > > >> > and > > >> > > > > >Extensions was touched. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > >In this case, it could be that because the IJ Flex Plugin > > >> reconized > > >> > > the > > >> > > > > >FlexJS SDK as a Flex SDK, it applied a fix it had for FDB > that > > >> > wasn't > > >> > > in > > >> > > > > >correlation with the last version because it couldn't > > determinate > > >> > it. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > Ah yes, I see that now. I wonder if there is some other > > >> explanation > > >> > > for > > >> > > > > the FaultActions exception? The window where FaultActions was > > >> > changed > > >> > > was > > >> > > > > small. Anyway if folks have it working then it doesn’t > matter. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > BTW, I would hope that better integration with IntelliJ > doesn’t > > >> > > require a > > >> > > > > whole Randori-like plug in. Falcon should be able to swap in > > for > > >> > MXMLC > > >> > > > > with fewer changes. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > I did notice that Alexander Doroshko is watching the FDB > bug. I > > >> was > > >> > > going > > >> > > > > to suggest to you that you put in a comment on that bug asking > > >> him to > > >> > > > > participate on this thread. Or didn’t somebody file a feature > > >> > request > > >> > > in > > >> > > > > IntelliJ’s bug base asking for FlexJS support? Maybe we > should > > >> put > > >> > in > > >> > > a > > >> > > > > comment on there. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > -Alex > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > >
