Hi folks, here is another "outsider" who would like to contribute to the JS runtime format, if you are interested. I am co-founder of the Open Source project Jangaroo, and as such have been dealing with JavaScript-to-ActionScript-3 compilation for several years now. In response to Bernd Paradies blogging about FalconJS, I blogged about "simulating ActionScript 3 language features" extensively:
- http://blog.jangaroo.net/2011/11/simulating-actionscript-in-javascript.html - http://blog.jangaroo.net/2011/12/simulating-actionscript-in-javascript.html - http://blog.jangaroo.net/2012/01/simulating-actionscript-parameter.html - http://blog.jangaroo.net/2012/01/simulating-actionscript-rest-parameter.html All described solutions are actually implemented in the Jangaroo Runtime, which takes care of the code translated from AS3 to JS by the Jangaroo Compiler coming alive. In principle, we follow the "classic route", with the exception of how we simulate private members: see the first two blog posts. At first look the Jangaroo Runtime may seem overly complex to you, but it does many more things (class loading / dependency management; class initialization = execute static code at the right time; allow keeping generated JS code and source AS3 code as similar as possible; automatic method binding / correct "this", etc.), and the concepts described in the blob posts also work without these additional features. The Jangaroo Compiler is written in Java and has a separate code generator (well you obviously won't need the parser) which might be worth having a look at: https://github.com/CoreMedia/jangaroo-tools/blob/master/jangaroo/jangaroo-compiler/src/main/java/net/jangaroo/jooc/backend/JsCodeGenerator.java If you dare to use Maven ;-), it is really easy to play around with our code generation: Just set up your own projects within minutes, starting from an example project like https://github.com/fwienber/jooflash-app-template or https://github.com/CoreMedia/jangaroo-ext-as-examples . Greetings, -Frank- Frank Wienberg Software Architect & Jangaroo Evangelist *frank.wienb...@coremedia.com* * frank@jangaroo <fr...@jangaroo.net>.net* CoreMedia AG content | context | conversion Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18 20459 Hamburg, Germany www.coremedia.com Executive Board: Gerrit Kolb (CEO), Dr. Klemens Kleiminger (CFO) Supervisory Board: Prof. Dr. Florian Matthes (Chairman) Trade Register: Amtsgericht Hamburg, HR B 76277 --------------------------------------------------------
