Alex, Being completely out of the loop, what do I have to do to use this zip content on Windows with FB? (quick and dirty bullet list?)
Mike On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com.invalid> wrote: > Here's a zip: http://home.apache.org/~aharui/FlexJS/ > ApacheFlexJSJSOnly.zip > > I only tried on Mac. > > I didn't realize we had an NPM package that overlaid AIR/Flash into an SDK > folder. I agree that would be better than Ant. > > What I would really like to see, but not sure if it is possible, is to > have folks actually visit the Adobe site to choose their AIR and Flash SDK > version, but somehow get other code to manage the download. That would > get us out of the hassle of presenting license acceptance dialogs. I'm > guessing that Adobe may want to change what customers see when they go get > AIR and Flash SDKs some day. That's why I thought about having the > compiler search for a download and expand it. > > Thoughts? > -Alex > > On 9/7/17, 9:55 AM, "Michael Schmalle" <teotigraphix...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >If I could get a zip to just try it, I am all for this. > > > >On the plus side, if you can get a zip only for windows and documented > >setup for quick testing, I think this goes a long way with being able to > >develop the compiler and develop the ui framework separation a lot > >cleaner. > > > >Getting stuff ripped away from the Flash player and Adobe in a new project > >is #1. Plus the lightweight nature of not having to download the AIR SDK > >for dev and just js. > > > >@Om what would be the difference between npm and a zip? > > > >Mike > > > >On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Piotr Zarzycki > ><piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com> > >wrote: > > > >> Hi Alex, > >> > >> Since you fake airglobal.swc and playerglobal.swc maybe it will also > >>work > >> with Moonshine. I will try to do same operation as you did and see > >>whether > >> I will not have previous errors. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> Piotr > >> > >> 2017-09-07 18:43 GMT+02:00 OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com>: > >> > >> > This is a big big deal. Thanks for getting this done. > >> > > >> > I would be very interested in the non-installer, simple zip file > >> download. > >> > > >> > I dont care much for Ant as a requirement, I would rather continue > >> > maintaining the npm FlexJS package for AIR download + setup. > >> > > >> > Thoughts? > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Om > >> > > >> > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com.invalid> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > Hi folks, > >> > > > >> > > Yesterday, I was able to manually create a folder of files that > >> contained > >> > > no Adobe AIR or Adobe Flash files and still was an acceptable > >> Flex/FlexJS > >> > > SDK for Adobe Flash Builder and allowed me to compile > >> DataBindingExample > >> > > for JSFlex output only (it did not build a SWF). > >> > > > >> > > This is interesting because it could significantly change the way we > >> > > package FlexJS releases. We could have a default package that is a > >> > > ready-to-use zip of this folder of files. Then the Installer is no > >> > longer > >> > > needed if your goal is just to install FlexJS, fire up an IDE, and > >>see > >> > how > >> > > it works in the browser without Flash and you don't need to see how > >>it > >> > > looks in Flash. > >> > > > >> > > If this sound good to folks, I will try to alter the Ant build > >>scripts > >> to > >> > > produce such a package (maybe some other volunteer can take on doing > >> this > >> > > in Maven). In case you are wondering, what I did was fake some of > >>the > >> > > Adobe files that Flash Builder looks for by making copies of some > >> Apache > >> > > files. For example, I copied the js.swc that contains the Object > >> > > definition for the browser to be airglobal.swc and playerglobal.swc. > >> So > >> > > far, it appears that Flash Builder is only checking for existence of > >> > > files, not actual classes in these files. But we might hit some bug > >> > later > >> > > as we test this further. > >> > > > >> > > Then the next question is, what do folks do who want to get SWF > >>output? > >> > > We could try to write a script for the Installer that downloads the > >>AIR > >> > > and Flash SDK and puts them in the right places in the SDK folder > >>but > >> it > >> > > will run into the same memory limits that is currently a problem for > >> the > >> > > Installer. We could write a new AIR app that brings down the AIR > >>and > >> > > Flash SDKs. We could provide Ant scripts that download and deploy > >>the > >> > > Adobe bits. I think we already have bash scripts that do this. Not > >> sure > >> > > if folks on Windows will be happy with that or not. > >> > > > >> > > Using Ant has the advantage that it works on Windows, Mac and Linux. > >> > Bash > >> > > scripts require a shell on Windows. I believe AIR apps have issues > >>on > >> > > Linux. > >> > > > >> > > We could try to teach the compiler to look for and expand the AIR > >>SDK > >> if > >> > > it finds that someone specified SWF output but the AIR SDK is not > >> found. > >> > > It would look in Downloads folders for the most recent AIR SDK > >>package > >> > > name. So folks who want SWF output go to the Adobe site, download > >>an > >> AIR > >> > > SDK and then run the compiler. > >> > > > >> > > This does make SWF output somewhat "second class" and I still > >>believe > >> > that > >> > > folks who want strong-typing and will be using modules will benefit > >> from > >> > > at least testing in a Flash/AIR runtime, but I think it makes the > >> > releases > >> > > truly appear independent from Adobe. > >> > > > >> > > Thoughts? > >> > > -Alex > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Piotr Zarzycki > >> > >> mobile: +48 880 859 557 > >> skype: zarzycki10 > >> > >> LinkedIn: > >>https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= > http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linke > >>din.com%2Fpiotrzarzycki&data=02%7C01%7C%7C68c0e7a2fd034d6f13a708d4f611 > 52a > >>d%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0% > 7C636404001645731007&sdata=T > >>C5%2FgDQcJyBbfvHQur%2BDYniytQW2qJnfr7ecfdw3S5U%3D&reserved=0 > >> > >><https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= > https%3A%2F%2Fpl.link > >>edin.com%2Fin%2Fpiotr-zarzycki-92a53552&data=02% > 7C01%7C%7C68c0e7a2fd034d6 > >>f13a708d4f61152ad%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178de > cee1%7C0%7C0%7C6364040016 > >>45731007&sdata=UWm2ZgY5cUE7KS%2BvQNEN45mkYF7bAImhSdezl% > 2FHnD%2Bo%3D&reser > >>ved=0> > >> > >
