Oh yes, I forgot to mention that the very first time, you need to run "ant get-as3commons.swc" from the installer directory. This will download the required swc and save it to libs folder after which you are set to go.
I will make sure that this goes in the readme file. Thanks, Om On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Edward J. Apostol <e...@edapostol.com>wrote: > Hello Om > > I just wanted to follow up on your links to the common and installer > projects you mentioned below, when I attempt to use them in Flash Builder > (after putting together the SDK) I had some missing references to the > Zip/ZipEvent and ZipFile classes. > > import org.as3commons.zip.Zip; > import org.as3commons.zip.ZipEvent; > import org.as3Commons.zip.ZipFile; > > > So I downloaded it from > http://www.as3commons.org/as3-commons-zip/index.html. Things seem to clear > up after that for the installer. > > > Edward J. Apostol > Consultant & Instructor - Web, RIAs and Mobile > Toronto, ON Canada > E : e...@edapostol.com > M: (647) 899-8235 > F : (647) 436-7449 > Twitter: @edwardjapostol > Web : http://about.me/edwardapostol > > > -----Original Message----- > From: omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Om > Sent: August-28-12 3:45 PM > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org; e...@edapostol.com > Subject: Re: [OT] Introduction and some quick questions > > > > > (From Om) > > > > I see that your presentation is tomorrow evening. For the short term, > > it would be best to download the latest source from here: > > > > > > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/flex/utilities/trunk/instal > > ler > > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/flex/utilities/trunk/common > > > > > > > > You can compile it on your machine and run it locally. It should work > > fine for your presentation. The codebase is pretty much locked and > > this is what we will be cutting a release from. > > > > > > > > And you could take this opportunity to perhaps walk through how to > > checkout code from Apache Flex, set up on your machine, compile it > > etc. You could show the devs how easy it is to get up and running. > > Maybe some of them will get inspired to help out Apache Flex as well. > > > > > > > > Just a thought :-) > > > > *I am actually going to go through this process (a little quickly) and > > maybe do some inspirational talk to. BTW you know I am also a yoga > > teacher and om is quite a common phrase in those circles. J > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > If anyone has comments on the other questions as well that would be > great! > > > > > > > > 3) I've seen some threads here regarding unit testing - is there > going > > > > to be some support or foundation for using Apache Flex with FlexUnit > > or other unit testing systems? > > > > Michael Labriola - the father of FlexUnit ;) has mentioned on this > > list > that he will be donating FlexUnit to Apache Flex soon. You can see this > discussion for more details: > http://markmail.org/thread/477zkj3bmmk2a33d > > > > > > 4) What is currently being worked on in terms of feature support > that > > > > for example the Flash Player has that Apache Flex has yet to implement? > > > > video for example? Components? > > > > I haven't seen any relevant discussions on the list about this. > > > > > > > > 5) (Last one for now) I'll be using Andrew Tryce's example to > showcase > > > > functional Flex 4.8 demos. I also have older demos to illustrate basic > > functionality (from Flex 4.5). Are there any other demos that can be > > used to illustrate anything unique about the 4.8 build that can be > > used for demonstration purposes? > > > > > > > Apache Flex 4.8 is a parity release, i.e. it is exactly the same as Adobe > Flex 4.6. So, there are no new features. The user community will > hopefully > proactively switch to Apache Flex 4.8 and make sure that nothing broke when > the codebase was transferred from Adobe to Apache. > > > > > > > > > > And btw, the link to the information about my brief is preso is here - > > http://www.flashinto.com > > > > > > > > Thanks again > > > > > > > > -Edward > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Edward J. Apostol > > > > Consultant & Instructor - Web, RIAs and Mobile > > > > Toronto, ON Canada > > > > E: e...@edapostol.com > > > > > > > > > >
