Harbs, Externs is just a fancy way of saying, you can use a .swc that contains API for the JavaScript DOM in your as to js projects. You must include this swc when cross compiling for type checking and such.
So what happened was, Fread and I worked together to get a way to just cross compile straight javascript using the DOM. FlexJS to me has become a couple things, Alex and Peter are working on a component framework that works in SWF and JS. We just created a way to use ActionScript to make straight Javascript applications. Note; For now there is a google base.js dependency that is from FlaexJS framework but eventually, I plan on making the type of javascript dependency options and configurable, like allowing RequireJS or AMD if you don't want to use Google base.js Make sense? Mike On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > To tell you the truth, I have not understood much of the discussion > regarding externs. I think I got the basic idea, but I’m not really sure. > > Since I’m starting from scratch, I’m totally open to suggestions on how I > should jump in. I’m just clueless as to how to start. Jumping into > something new is always the hardest part for me… ;-) > > FYI, I expect to be devoting a large percentage of my time on targeting JS > in the coming months, and I have a vested interest in the AS to JS > approach. After my initial orientation and basic project setup, I think my > first goal will be creating some classes to handle XML processing (similar > to XML and XMList, but probably a bit more limited and more (modern) > Javascript friendly. > > This is not really pressing for this week. I don’t have a hard deadline on > when I need to be setup, but this project has been working its way up my > priority list, and it’s currently pretty much at the top. > > On Jul 22, 2015, at 5:24 PM, Frédéric THOMAS <webdoubl...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Harbs, > > > > I won't be able to do anything regarding the wiki before next week, > actually I as waiting for the FlexJS release but I'm fine to give some > informations about setting up FlexJS project using IntelliJ before. > > > > It wasn't in my plan to do it for ASJS projects though especially that > now we have 2 ways to code the JS part, either directly in GOOG JS or in > AS3 via externs, with the first approach, I had to create 2 projects, with > the 2nd one, 2 build configurations, I proposed to change the compiler that > it could handle this last one in one step (which would mean only 1 project > / 1 build configuration in IntelliJ) as soon as COMPILE:JS and COMPILE:AS3 > were defined to AUTO which would eliminate the need to define the js output > type as I could infer it. > > Anyway, I guess this would deserve another wiki page than the one > mentioned before. > > > > Frédéric THOMAS > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > >> Subject: Re: [FlexJS] IntelliJ Integration > >> From: harbs.li...@gmail.com > >> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:50:02 +0300 > >> To: dev@flex.apache.org > >> > >> This discussion was incredibly long and I had trouble following how to > get going. > >> > >> I’m trying to set myself up with FlexJS for the first time. I’d like to > figure out how I can develop working off the repo so I can work on the SDK > while I go. Since I’m first starting with FlexJS, I’d like to try and do so > with IntelliJ rather than FB. > >> > >> I took a look at the wiki and the page on using IntelliJ is empty: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Using+FlexJS+with+IntelliJ+IDEA > >> > >> So here’s what would be helpful: > >> > >> Instructions on getting going working off the source: > >> 1) Assuming flex-asjs is checked out from the repo, what steps do I > need to do to build from source to be able to use it. > >> 2) How do I link this to FB/IntelliJ? > >> 3) What else needs to be done? > >> > >> Additionally: > >> 1) How do you get the nightly build? > >> 2) How do you switch targets? > >> > >> > > > >
