This post bounced for me because of the image attachments. So I'm not sure if the original message made it through. But here's the email from yesterday:
Oh and I meant to post these images (below). Most of you won't care because you can write MXML UI faster than in a GUI but for the designers in us and your designer friends that ask you to build them a website for the fiftieth time please send them to this project. And the main thing I hear from hard core developers about the FB designer was it sucked. Well, yeah, we all knew it needed work and wasn't getting any attention or improvements. But a lot of our software sucks too if we don't work at it. If we were able to dedicate time and energy to it it would be a different story. So rant over. Today was a bad day so I'm venting I don't care. Here are the screenshots: http://imgur.com/2y3PVW3 http://i.imgur.com/booD25Z.png http://imgur.com/CivASZL On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 12:35 AM, jude <flexcapaci...@gmail.com> wrote: > BTW I do plan to help on Flex JS when the time is right. That is when it's > more stable, when it has a few more design and development features to it. > > In Radiate I have Import and Export transpilers. For MXML it's been easy > to import and export (sortof). For HTML export it's been hell and the bain > of my existence. For Android XML markup it's as easy as MXML. > > With FlexJS it shouldn't be too much harder to generate FlexJS compatible > MXML than regular MXML export. FYI Radiate exports markup layouts in the > language of your choice from the design view. Each component on the stage > has an associated component descriptor object that has properties, styles, > events and a reference to the instance. Using this information you can > export to whatever language you like. > > Relatively recently, I switched to working on a desktop "IDE" rather than > the web "design view". mainly because no one wants to work in a browser. > Well maybe but the numbers weren't there and people would ask for features > that weren't possible in a browser. So I created a desktop version in a few > days, yay for AIR cross-platform, and just for kicks enabled AceEditor > <https://github.com/monkeypunch3/flexcapacitor/blob/master/MainLibrary/src/com/flexcapacitor/controls/AceEditor.as> > which I tried to integrate in the past but wouldn't work with Flash. The > new version worked and now it has a real editor <http://ace.c9.io/> in > it. > > So since R8 is running on the desktop and it has a real editor it's > possible to talk to the compilers and get error reporting and warnings. I > don't know how to do code completion but AceEditor has a code completion > API. As you type you can pass JSON objects of possible autocomplete words. > I know how to do the examples but I don't know how to do it with FlexJS, > Flex, etc. CSS and HTML have code completion out of the box. > > Anyway, whatever Josh, Alex, Harbs, et all do not do I hope to do. I plan > to add some support for FlexJS code generation (and possibly compiler > integration). Create new projects, edit them and compile them. Again, I > don't know how to do code completion with AS3, Flex, FlexJS, etc. > > BTW I am open sourcing parts of it as I go such as the importers and > exporters, new components and other classes. So if you don't like how I > export the MXML or HTML you can go to FlexCapacitor, > https://github.com/monkeypunch3/flexcapacitor, make some changes and then > submit a pull request. > > Do not read this next part unless you want to hear me ranting and > complaining. But because it's unclear to some people I'm mentioning this > project I'm going to clarify some things. I donated the radiate code more > than a year ago to apache. There was a huge amount of overhead and legal > bureaucracy to accomplish it. I thought people would want it but there was > resistance. "Was it good enough? Do we want it? Does it fit at apache" - to > me I was almost felt like saying saying, "f*@0 you guys" I made this for > you as a gift and you don't know if you want it? > I worked on the project in my free time for years and couldn't believe > what I was hearing. It was not a good month. A few people supported me > donating it and I thought the Flex community might care about having a > design view again at some point in the future. Since it was donated I > didn't hear anyone working on it or any interest in taking it farther. Not > on this list. In my personal email a few people were happy to see something > but didn't have the time or resources to help. I wasn't too upset because > to be honest parts of it were shit but those parts had to be written > quickly so the other parts could work. I could always go back and fix it > and one startup developer I talked to gave me the advice that the first gen > code is always throw away. In my mind it was "refactor". His startup was > doing well > > So again I was surprised an open source project was not fully embraced, > appreciated or supported. ... I could go on but my whole point is that open > source has a bunch of lies surrounding it. Look at OpenSSL. It powered half > the webs ecommerce and do you know how much money was donated > <http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/tech-giants-chastened-by-heartbleed-finally-agree-to-fund-openssl/> > to it? It was something like $2000 per year and was maintained by one > developer. WTF guys? > > That project generated billions of dollars and no one supported it. My > point is, after that first point, is that I'm trying to commercial radiate > so that I can keep working on it. I'm giving some parts back to the OS > community as I can but some part of me feels like I have to explain this. > Like I'm not part of the OS crowd because I'm trying to make it survive. > > I'm happy for this FlexJS and NextGenActionScript but seriously, we suck > donkey balls at raising money and supporting our work. Angular, typscript, > all those other ones are getting resources, popularity in the biased > asshole media. The company that shall not be named was horrible and still > is horrible at marketing. I made a list and they are the number one worst > company for marketing. So my point is we have to change or get better at > this. If the media attacks it rip these assholes apart. IE defend it with a > vengeance. > > Sorry rant over. If legal gets in the way F* them too. Justin, keep > watching our back but if all the legal is prevent releases or progress FUCK > IT. Just get shit out. ok rant really over now. > > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 4:32 PM, jude <flexcapaci...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I saw this on Twitter, ""Introducing NextGen ActionScript" via @ >> *joshtynjala* <https://twitter.com/joshtynjala> => http:// >> joshblog.net/2015/introducing-nextgen-actionscript/ … >> <https://t.co/AnMp1Vw7p7>" >> >> Not to be nitpicky but I think it's misleading. I'm stoked about the new >> website and tutorials. In fact everything, but when I read, "NextGen >> ActionScript" I thought of the NextGen AS3 project that Adobe started and >> then abandoned. Knowing that it wasn't the Adobe project but knowing what >> you've been working on I immediately did believe AS3 was going to be >> getting new features. I didn't want to get my hopes up that it was an AS3.5 >> or AS4 type of project but after reading the blog post I was still >> disappointed even with all of the good news in it. >> >> To me the title is misleading and other AS3 devs may respond the same way >> when they read it. While we are trying to announce the good news about F-JS >> we might want to make clearer the distinction. BTW If these things are >> planned and or I've misunderstood let me know. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Josh Tynjala <joshtynj...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the reminder. I'll get the trademark attribution cleaned up >>> this >>> week. >>> >>> Would it be acceptable to create a specific legal page, linked from the >>> footer, that displays the Apache Flex trademark attribution text? I >>> should >>> probably acknowledge some Adobe trademarks too, just to be safe, so >>> that's >>> going to be a lot to add to the footer. The page you linked seems to >>> imply >>> that's allowed, as long as all trademark attribution is in the same >>> place, >>> but I figured I'd check. >>> >>> - Josh >>> On Nov 29, 2015 2:10 AM, "Justin Mclean" <justinmcl...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > We have to be a little careful here to not be seen to endorse 3rd >>> parties >>> > from our official site. >>> > >>> > Currently that code is "Copyright 2015 Bowler Hat LLC” and not under >>> any >>> > obvious license, it would be nice if that was made clearer. >>> > >>> > Josh it would also be good if you attribute Apache trademarks correctly >>> > [1] and if you could and link back to the Apache Flex web site. Just >>> adding >>> > a TM to the first mention and a line in the footer is all that is >>> needed. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Justin >>> > >>> > 1. http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/#guidelines >>> >> >> >
