Thank you for the pledge! I'm definitely going to add many new tutorials there. Especially for using third party libraries, which I feel is what will help catch the eyes of more potential FlexJS users. At least on the ActionScript transpiler side of things.
- Josh On Nov 29, 2015 1:44 AM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good point on React’s JSX. > > I did not know that Josh created that site. Cool! I’d love to see some > more stuff there! (I just pledged a few bucks as a patron there.) > > I think that sources outside the Apache website is probably the best way > to get traction (and if someone can make a few bucks off their content, > even better). I think we should feature Josh’s site on the Flex site (as > well as anyone else who wants to put in the effort of creating learning > materials and tools around FlexJS). > > Harbs > > On Nov 29, 2015, at 10:39 AM, OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Agree with all your points! > > > > Here is one more: FlexJS's MXML is a real alternative for React's JSX, > > which looks very similar to MXML [1] > > > > 1. Good timing, I am currently working on node.js support for FlexJS. > The > > goal is to make FlexJS installable via a simple "npm install flexjs" > > command. I hope to get this out soon. > > 2. I think Josh Tynjala has a very good blog post with a hello world > > tutorial here [2] > > > > [1] https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/jsx-in-depth.html > > [2] > > > http://nextgenactionscript.com/tutorials/hello-world-transpile-actionscript-apache-flexjs/ > > > > Thanks, > > Om > > > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 12:29 AM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I was thinking of writing a blog post about FlexJS, and I realized that > >> FlexJS can mean different things to different people. > >> > >> 1. FlexJS (or really FalconJX) can be a competitor for TypeScript. I can > >> imagine people using it to write framework agnostic javascript > libraries. > >> 2. FlexJS is a replacement for Angular/React with components, data > binding > >> and business logic. > >> 3. FlexJS can act as a replacement for a lot of the “helper” js > libraries > >> like underscore, etc. because there’s lots of helper functions built in. > >> (If we take as3commons, we get an ton more of those.) > >> 4. FlexJS can act as the “glue” that holds different JS libraries > together > >> to form an app. > >> 5. FlexJS adds a lot of functionality you can not get in other > frameworks. > >> i.e. E4X (once we finish with that), zip processing (via as3commons), > >> “real” components that can simply be dropped in, etc. > >> > >> To increase adoption of FlexJS, I think we need to market specifically > to > >> these targets. It would probably be a good idea to figure out how to > polish > >> our message as well as our delivery. > >> > >> Here’s some thoughts to get this discussion started: > >> > >> 1. For FalconJX to compete with TypeScript it needs dead simple > >> instructions on how to use. TypeScript does this right.[1] Getting npm > >> support really talks to JavaScript developers. Maven is fine as well. > Both > >> is probably the best approach. > >> 2. Again, we need dead simple instructions on getting started with > FlexJS. > >> The installer app is good, but some step by step instructions on how to > >> build some “hello world” apps would go a long way. These need to be on > the > >> Flex website and not buried in some wiki somewhere. > >> > >> Thoughts? > >> > >> [1]http://www.typescriptlang.org/#Download > >
