On 12/11/16, 11:56 PM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I thought I tried something similar and declaring the types did not help
>(i.e. the externs were not generated), but maybe I did something wrong.
>
>I’ll try again.
>
>> The reason to create an AS API for a 3rd party library is more than just
>> preventing renaming. It is to allow the compiler to check your code so
>> you don't also get hosed by typing zip["fnerateNdeStrm"] Or pass it
>> "{typ: "nodbufr"}. If you don't want to use strong typing, why use
>>FlexJS
>> in the first place?
>
>In general I agree, but if you’re just doing simple with some third party
>library, it should be possible to just copy some JS code which works,
>make minor changes and be good to go.
>
>I’m bringing this up, because it’s been a pain point for me in my current
>project.
I'm not sure whether it is truly possible to grab any JS, insert it in AS
and compile it so that it will survive renaming without outputting every
property as quoted values, which effectively turns off all renaming. And
then we'd get complaints about total size. And the compiler wouldn't
catch nearly enough stuff. IMO, the productivity advantage of FlexJS is
better served by an eco-system of typedefs for third party libraries. The
creation of the typedefs should be as "simple" as creating the two AS
files.
My 2 cents,
-Alex
