If it's a package manager you wouldn't have to use it. Gems are really very useful for pulling in community goodies and it's one of the reasons ruby is so productive. I dont know of a counterpart in flex, pulling stuff via git is more cumbersome. On Jul 10, 2012 10:00 AM, "Jeffry Houser" <jef...@dot-com-it.com> wrote:
> On 7/10/2012 5:47 AM, John Fletcher wrote: > >> 2012/7/10 Gary McGhee <s...@buzzware.com.au>: >> >>> Now that Flex has been handed to the community, would it be possible to >>> consider properly adopting Sprouts as a core part of the SDK? >>> >> I like the idea but this is kind of a barrier to entry (from the front >> page): >> "To get started with Project Sprouts and Flash development, you'll >> need Ruby (>= 1.9.2 Mac, Win, Nix), RubyGems (>= 1.3.7) and at least >> some interest in the programming language Ruby and the build tool >> Rake." >> > > I would be adamantly against adding anything into the Flex SDK that would > create dependencies to a specific server side platform. > > -- > Jeffry Houser > Technical Entrepreneur > 203-379-0773 > -- > http://www.flextras.com?c=104 > UI Flex Components: Tested! Supported! Ready! > -- > http://www.theflexshow.com > http://www.jeffryhouser.com > http://www.asktheflexpert.com > -- > Part of the DotComIt Brain Trust > >
