a lot of my current work is now AIR and native Android based. Coming from a flash flex background, I found droid development a lot easier because of its similarity to flex development. Michael has a bijou of an idea here. On 14 Nov 2012 23:34, "Michael Schmalle" <apa...@teotigraphix.com> wrote:
> Yes, it does exist and Google has don a fine job promoting their layout > designer etc. > > Coming from years of Flex development and MXML application design I can > certainly say that although using XML as they do is great, having a > compiler like the MXML compiler could offer a huge abstraction that their > XML could not match. > > Plus the extension side of being able to produce their layout XML OR > straight Java constructs is compelling enough for me to want to try it. > > One of the great things I am realizing about Apache is I don't work for a > corporation and even the WC3. I work for myself fulfilling something I see > that could help "something", maybe myself as centered as that sounds. > > Regardless of this idea I have, my point is this. One of Adobe's marketing > schemes was to throw crap on every wall possible and market it as such with > huge holes in between. > > Apache Flex will get a new life if us committers and community realize it > didn't work then and it won't work now. (The one size fits all). I want to > start off with point specific tools that do 1 thing. I have developed > enough tools to know you don't invent a swiss army knife until you have > invented the knife, screwdriver, cork opener etc. Once you have all the > tools you can then put them together. > > As far a JavFX well, I don't know I haven't used it. > > Like I said, I have no stake in Flex and I want to stay away from the > Flash Player and AIR. This doesn't mean I won't contribute if momentum goes > in a certain direction, just that I want my own dream that isn't canned > into the cliche'd 2012 HTML5 hype. > > Mike > > > > Quoting Carlos Rovira <carlos.rov...@codeoscopic.com**>: > > Hi Michael, >> >> could you explain a bit more?. Your idea is about make XML layout for >> Android based on Falcon?. I don't know to much about native android >> development but this does not exit yet? >> >> btw, a coworker showed me latest version of JavaFX and I think it would be >> a good idea for all of us here to see this new version since I think it's >> very promising. I saw many things copied from flex (skins, skinparts, xml >> layout declaration, netbeans desing view editor,...). If JavaFx is as good >> as it seems to be, I think it could be a decent competitor, taking into >> account that thinks like eclipse, maven and other industrial tools work >> like a charm in java. >> >> >> >> 2012/11/14 Gordon Smith <gosm...@adobe.com> >> >> > MXML -> Java Android UI like View and ViewGroup. >>> >>> Interesting idea! >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Michael Schmalle >>> [mailto:apache@teotigraphix.**com<apa...@teotigraphix.com> >>> ] >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:07 PM >>> To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org >>> Subject: [FALCON] It starts with an idea >>> >>> Hey, >>> >>> I just wanted to state this in a new thread so others might know my >>> intentions as a committer for the time being. Some of you might have >>> noticed I am quite interested in the compiler and plan on donating a lot >>> of >>> my time to it helping Gordon out with tests and trying to get the >>> community >>> involved by documenting some of the more obscure features. >>> >>> One thing I want to note; >>> >>> At this point in time in my life I really don't care about Javascript. >>> Really, I don't and it's never going to be a badge on my backpack of >>> life. >>> >>> That being said, I see my contribution in the project a process of joy >>> and >>> invention. Just writing something to Gordon a second ago I realized what >>> that is. The only way I can continue is if I have a goal. That goal is >>> realized by the fact I program Java android and do extensive UI stuff >>> with >>> music applications I have coming up in the next 2 years using a Java C++ >>> toolkit I have been working on the last >>> 10 months. >>> >>> What does this mean? MXML -> Java Android UI like View and ViewGroup. >>> Man I have no idea how the hell I could do it but I know I want to and am >>> going to try. >>> >>> Getting into the MXML compiler the last couple days reminded me of the >>> diamond in the haystack we have. >>> >>> Anyway, more thoughts to come, this was a off the cuff ramble. >>> >>> Peace, >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC >>> http://www.teotigraphix.com >>> http://blog.teotigraphix.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Carlos Rovira >> Director de Tecnología >> M: +34 607 22 60 05 >> F: +34 912 35 57 77 >> http://www.codeoscopic.com >> http://www.directwriter.es >> http://www.avant2.es >> >> > -- > Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC > http://www.teotigraphix.com > http://blog.teotigraphix.com > >
