Thanks Josh,
I updated asconfigc vía nom to 0.1.5 and now is working :)
Now that is compiling, I must figure how to run a simple example with
flexes components :)
2016-09-28 0:55 GMT+02:00 Josh Tynjala <joshtynj...@gmail.com>:
> Hey Carlos,
>
> The "unknown configuration variable" error was actually a bug in asconfigc.
> It was still trying to build a SWF. I guess I didn't test that path well
> enough, since I don't use the FlexJS components. Update asconfigc, and it
> should work now. Sorry about that!
>
> - Josh
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Carlos Rovira <
> carlos.rov...@codeoscopic.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Josh,
> >
> > thanks for the responses:
> >
> > first, I try installing a Firefox VSCode debugger extension (Debugger for
> > Firefox 0.6.4 by Holger Benl) ...don't know if this is correct.
> > I add this in launch.json:
> >
> > {
> > "name": "Launch Firefox against debug.html, with sourcemaps",
> > "type": "firefox",
> > "request": "launch",
> > "file": "${workspaceRoot}/debug.html",
> > "sourceMaps": true,
> > "preLaunchTask": "asconfigc"
> > }
> >
> > (but says sourceMaps line is not supported)
> >
> > Anyway, selecting this config, firefox opens with the app running exactly
> > the same way as chrome, firefox stops not in Main but in a function
> called
> > by a click in a text. So, all the same as chrome.
> >
> > For 3.- I changed to "config": "flex" and I get imports and extends
> working
> > properly :)
> > but adding js-output-type like this:
> >
> > {
> > "config": "flex",
> > "compilerOptions": {
> > "debug": true,
> > "source-map": true*,*
> > * "js-output-type": "flexjs"*
> > },
> > "files":
> > [
> > "src/Main.as"
> > ]
> > }
> >
> > causes this compilation error:
> >
> > *command line*
> > *Error: unknown configuration variable 'source-map'.*
> >
> >
> > maybe is not correctly formulated?
> >
> > Regarding Maven, I'm talking with Chris about the config of a test
> project
> > and I think I have to dig a bit more on this. I'll report If I
> investigate
> > and find something useful.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> > 2016-09-27 19:36 GMT+02:00 Josh Tynjala <joshtynj...@gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Awesome. Thanks for the feedback, Carlos!
> > >
> > > In one of the browser debuggers (either Chrome or Firefox), I couldn't
> > get
> > > a breakpoint to work in the constructor of the main class. Just like
> you
> > > describe. Strangely, the main class constructor worked in the other
> > > browser's debugger, and constructors from other classes were fine in
> > both.
> > > Since I saw that you tried using VSCode's Chrome debugging extension,
> it
> > > must have been Firefox that worked properly with the main class
> > > constructor.
> > >
> > > I don't really know why this happens. I kind of wonder if the source
> map
> > > isn't fully loaded/parsed yet when the code starts running in Chrome.
> By
> > > the time the click listener is called, everything is finished
> > initializing,
> > > I guess. That seemed like the most likely explanation to me.
> > >
> > > I think you can tell the debugger to pause immediately after starting,
> so
> > > you might give that a try. If it works, let me know and I can make a
> note
> > > of it somewhere.
> > >
> > > 1. This is correct. For the initial release, I focused on ActionScript
> > > only. MXML probably isn't trivial, but hopefully the most challenging
> > parts
> > > of integrating with the compiler are already done, so it should be
> > easier.
> > >
> > > 2. Only the main class for your app is all that's required in the
> "files"
> > > field of asconfig.json. All dependencies will be detected by the
> > compiler.
> > > I just updated the description in the wiki to try to make that a little
> > > more clear. I'll get the description in the JSON schema updated too.
> > >
> > > A little background. In most cases, people pass only one class into
> > mxmlc,
> > > but technically, it supports passing in multiple classes, with the
> final
> > > one being considered the entry point. I think other classes that are
> > passed
> > > in are simply included, even if they aren't referenced. Probably so
> that
> > > they can be found by reflection or something.
> > >
> > > VSCode supports a similar tsconfig.json for TypeScript, and it also
> > allows
> > > multiple files to be passed in (but it resolves dependencies too). To
> me,
> > > it made sense to allow multiple files, even if it isn't commonly used.
> I
> > > think this just needs clear documentation so that people understand
> that
> > > they don't need to include every class that they use. Just the main
> one,
> > > most of the time.
> > >
> > > 3. Which libraries from the SDK are included depends on which "config"
> > > value you set in your asconfig.json. You probably want "config":
> "flex",
> > > but there's one gotcha to watch out for. By default, both the extension
> > and
> > > asconfigc consider "config": "flex" to be a SWF project for Flash
> Player.
> > > If you want to transpile to JS, and also use the FlexJS components,
> > you'll
> > > also need to specify the "js-output-type" compiler option (the value
> > should
> > > be "flexjs", I think?). This isn't ideal, but it's the best I could
> come
> > up
> > > with because FlexJS doesn't have separate config files for JS and Flash
> > > Player (though, maybe it should...). I couldn't find a good way to do
> the
> > > opposite and make JS the default. I guess a new top-level field in
> > > asconfig.json could specify this, but I'm trying to keep extra
> > > configuration in asconfig.json that isn't a real compiler option to a
> > > minimum.
> > >
> > > 4. I'm not a Maven person. I would expect that you could set up Maven
> to
> > > run an executable like asconfigc. However, I suspect that's not
> > considered
> > > the Maven way. Some kind of Maven plugin to parse asconfig.json and
> pass
> > > the right arguments to the compiler (which is basically how asconfigc
> > > works) might be closer to how a Maven person would expect this to work.
> > >
> > > asconfig.json follows the VSCode way of doing things. There is
> > > tsconfig.json for TypeScript and jsconfig.json for JavaScript. I wanted
> > to
> > > follow the same pattern, if possible. I tried using the little-known
> > trick
> > > where mxmlc will try to load a -config.xml file if it matches the main
> > > class file name (so for Main.as, it would try to load Main-config.xml,
> if
> > > it exists), but it couldn't configure everything.
> > >
> > > - Josh
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Carlos Rovira <
> carlosrov...@apache.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Josh,
> > > >
> > > > at last I could get all up and running with Visual Code and your
> > > @NextGenAS
> > > > extension, building and debgugging in Chrome. Pretty Amazing work! :)
> > > >
> > > > (just one thing, the break point worked in a click function, but not
> > in a
> > > > line of the main Main.as function, maybe source-maps doesn't work if
> > the
> > > > breakpoint is in the constructor?)
> > > >
> > > > Right now I'm figuring where to go from here:
> > > >
> > > > 1.- I thing I read somewhere that MXML is not supported yet in
> VSCODE,
> > is
> > > > this right?
> > > >
> > > > 2.- I must list all as files in asconfig.json? or we could give is a
> > > folder
> > > > (i.e: "src") ?
> > > >
> > > > 3.- I'm trying to make some basic import from org.apache but VSCode
> not
> > > > recognize them:
> > > >
> > > > package com.carlosrovira
> > > > {
> > > >
> > > > import org.apache.flex.events.Event;
> > <-----------------this 2
> > > > imports are not found
> > > > import org.apache.flex.events.EventDispatcher;
> > > >
> > > > public class Component extends EventDispatcher. <---and this
> extends
> > > > fails
> > > > {
> > > > public function Component()
> > > > {
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 3.- I build flexJS with maven, and my plan is to use a pom.xml, but
> > > there's
> > > > a asconfig.json as well....maybe is too cumbersome to have 2 config
> > > > files....could this be integrated both?
> > > > (maybe there's some maven extension in vscode? that make it easy to
> run
> > > and
> > > > build...I'm too new to vscode yet! :))
> > > >
> > > > So far, as I said, amazing work! I think VSCode is now the best
> choice
> > > for
> > > > FlexJS development, not only for the fast progress, but for the
> > > > possibilities behind in few months.
> > > >
> > > > Hope you continue get donations to your work on Patreon.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Carlos Rovira
> > > > http://about.me/carlosrovira
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Carlos Rovira
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> > M: +34 607 22 60 05
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