Mike,
No hurry, enjoy the holidays (I know I will ;-).
I'm updating the Wiki "as we speak", giving some more background and
structure, making room for examples and discussion on the
implementation of the various 'extensions' we need to make to the JS
side of things to implement all ActionScript language features.
EdB
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Michael Schmalle
<apa...@teotigraphix.com> wrote:
>
>
> Quoting Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl>:
>
>> Ok, got it working, I see the AS output (in a .js file, lol)
>>
>> Noob question: what are "terminal and leaf nodes"? I don't mean in
>> your implementation specifically, but what I should think about when
>> trying to wrap my head around the task at hand?
>
>
> Terminal nodes are else, default etc. leaf nodes are expressions like
> binary, unary 1 + a, i++ etc.
>
> Saying terminal wasn't the right idea, scratch that.
>
>
>
>
>> I'm OK with working whatever direction you want me to (bottom up, top
>> down), I'm a blank slate, for you to train (I don't have much Java
>> experience, but I copy-paste like a Boss ;-)
>
>
> I'm going to try and make a way for you to do this with very little "hard
> core" Java experience needed. There is a total pattern to doing this and
> once you get it, you will see it's quite repetitive. In a good sense though
> because the more repetitions we have, the more that is getting done! :)
>
> Remember to do svn update regularly on the source directories/projects. ;-)
>
> So maybe give me a couple more days (holidays in my family), I will get
> things sorted out and working on a package/class level. I'll get more info
> up on the wiki and directions, so we don't waste time with email.
>
> Just keep up with your table!
>
> Mike
>
>
>> EdB
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Michael Schmalle
>> <apa...@teotigraphix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl>:
>>>
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> Got all 5 "Falcon" projects from SVN. I build Falcon and FalconJS
>>>> using ant on the command line (as per their respective READMEs). I've
>>>> loaded the 'compiler[.xx]' projects into Eclipse (Indigo on OS X).
>>>> Fixed some paths to get rid of the initial errors.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds good.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was able to successfully run all 148 tests in 'compiler.jx.tests'
>>>> and those all passed (with 2 ignored?).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes! This is golden for you, it means you are setup to create more tests
>>> with me! Right now we are only using the Falcon compiler to get
>>> IFileNodes.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I then created a Debug Configuration on 'compiler.jx', pointing it to
>>>> "org.apache.flex.compiler.clients.MXMLJSC" as the 'Main class' (I am
>>>> not very familiar with Java, but some tweaking and Googling seemed to
>>>> indicate this was what might work). On the 'Arguments' tab I just
>>>> entered "./tests/TestApp.as". Hitting "Debug" got me the error I
>>>> mentioned.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, almost there but, there are a couple things missing. You will be
>>> able
>>> to do this but will need to send a -load-config="my/pat/flex-config.xml
>>> flag
>>> along with -library-path pointing to the playerglobal.swc
>>>
>>> I did the following and it created the js file;
>>>
>>>
>>> -library-path=C:\Users\Work\Documents\libraries\dependencies\player\11.1\playerglobal.swc
>>> tests/TestApp.as
>>>
>>> The above in the compiler args for the run target.
>>>
>>> Remember, this is spitting out actions script right now, I have got to
>>> the
>>> class/interface and package logic with emitting!
>>>
>>> With the above it spit out MainCode.js;
>>>
>>>
>>> public var foo:Stringprivate var bar:int = 0 function MainCode() {
>>> }public function get baz():String {
>>> }public function set baz(value:String):void {
>>> }
>>>
>>> As you can see this is right with a couple missing semicolons, class and
>>> package block.
>>>
>>> Ask more questions about "what you want to test", I'll tell you how to do
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> How did I do?
>>>>
>>>> EdB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Michael Schmalle
>>>> <apa...@teotigraphix.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey,
>>>>>
>>>>> No, at the moment it's "not" compiling js perse'. The whole development
>>>>> is
>>>>> focused on the unit tests.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you really want to get into the project, study the unit tests. I
>>>>> haven't
>>>>> brought the emitter up to the class/interface level. So using the
>>>>> compileJS() will give you weird output.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Missing builtin type Object"
>>>>>
>>>>> Means the playerglobal.SWC is not being load in the compiler.
>>>>>
>>>>> How are you actually trying to run it?
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW, First try running the unit tests and tell me if you have problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Quoting Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi (Mike),
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been thinking about AS -> JS a bit and I wanted to try some
>>>>>> stuff... I downloaded the FalconJx code from Mike's whiteboard and
>>>>>> tried to get it to compile some AS to JS for me. The best I could get
>>>>>> it to output was this error: "Missing builtin type Object" in
>>>>>> Eclipse's Console :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any way that I can make this work, so I can play with it and
>>>>>> get a better feel for what's possible and more importantly, what is
>>>>>> needed?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> EdB
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ix Multimedia Software
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jan Luykenstraat 27
>>>>>> 3521 VB Utrecht
>>>>>>
>>>>>> T. 06-51952295
>>>>>> I. www.ixsoftware.nl
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC
>>>>> http://www.teotigraphix.com
>>>>> http://blog.teotigraphix.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ix Multimedia Software
>>>>
>>>> Jan Luykenstraat 27
>>>> 3521 VB Utrecht
>>>>
>>>> T. 06-51952295
>>>> I. www.ixsoftware.nl
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC
>>> http://www.teotigraphix.com
>>> http://blog.teotigraphix.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ix Multimedia Software
>>
>> Jan Luykenstraat 27
>> 3521 VB Utrecht
>>
>> T. 06-51952295
>> I. www.ixsoftware.nl
>>
>
> --
> Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC
> http://www.teotigraphix.com
> http://blog.teotigraphix.com
>
--
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3521 VB Utrecht
T. 06-51952295
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