Hi Benjamin, Yes we are still finding a Champion for Weex. It's very appreciated if you can help us :-) Thank you very much.
Jinjiang > On 3 Nov 2016, at 22:12, Benjamin Young <byo...@bigbluehat.com> wrote: > > Hi Jinjiang and Longda, > > > Were you all able to find a Champion for the Incubator? I'd hate to see this > great project miss out on benefiting from the Apache Way. > > > Please let us know if you're still in need of help finding a Champion or > Mentors. > > > Thanks! > > Benjamin > > -- > > http://bigbluehat.com/ > > http://linkedin.com/in/benjaminyoung > > From: 赵锦江 <zhaojinji...@me.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 5:18:03 PM > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: weex-apache; Stephan Ewen; luke...@gmail.com; hedh...@gmail.com; > willem.ji...@gmail.com; Longda Feng > Subject: Re: Seek one Champion for incubating Weex project > > Hi I'am Jinjiang Zhao from Weex team. > > Weex hope to help more people build their mobile apps with high perf easier > and faster. Just write once run any platforms. Also it uses HTML, CSS, > JavaScript syntax and is more friendly for frontend developers. > Very glad to know every guys. > > Thanks. > > Jinjiang > > > 在 2016年10月11日，09:54，Longda Feng <lon...@apache.org> 写道： > > > > Hi > > > > The Weex team are looking forward to one champion for Weex project > > (https://alibaba.github.io/weex/). > > > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > > > > > Weex is a framework for building Mobile cross-platform UI. Weex allows > > developers to build iOS, Android and Web user interface with a single > > codebase. > > > > > > > > The project is pretty hot in github https://alibaba.github.io/weex , > > there are more than 7000 stars on it, there are more than 200 members > > in the Weex forum. We want to donate this project to the ASF and > > incubate this project in ASF. At the same time, due to there is few > > project in the UI field, If the project can incubate in the ASF, I > > think more wonderful projects in these field will join ASF in the > > future. > > > > > > > > Right now, there are 4 mentors in our project, but we are seeking one > > champion for our project. If you are interested in this project or > > want to help us, please feel free to contact us. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Longda > > > > > > > > The following is the Weex proposal > > > > Weex Proposal > > > > =========== > > > > > > ## Abstract > > > > Weex is a framework for building Mobile cross-platform UI. > > > > > > ## Proposal > > > > Weex allows developers to build iOS,Android and Web user interface > > with a single codebase. Compared with WebView based UI framework which > > performance and features are limited, Weex preserves its lightweight > > development pattern and improve the user experience by high-quality > > native view and native features at the same time.. > > > > > > Weex provide a tag based language which maintained a consistent style > > with Web standards. Developers write in this language just like > > writting in HTML. After transforming to JSBundle by Weex build-in > > tools, these tag will be render to higher-level platform-specific > > components using Weex SDK. > > > > > > Because Weex use JavaScript as UI operation and data processing > > language which don't need compile before execute in user's Mobile > > phone. Interface implemented by Weex is "Dynamic". At the time of this > > writing , another famed dynamic Native UI framework is React Native > > which developed by Facebook Inc . > > > > > > Weex and React Native share some common features but have different > > language syntax. React Native use specific JSX , whereas Weex use > > vanilla Javascript .React Native set target that to replace whole > > Mobile App development process, whereas Weex allow developer choose > > which page in Mobile App should be implemented by Weex freely. At > > principle level React Native adopt "Learn Once, Write Anywhere", > > whereas Weex keep "Write Once, Run Everywhere" on different platform > > development environment. > > > > > > We think Weex is an effective supplement to Apache Cordova. Both > > Apache Cordova and Weex help developer for leveraging Web development > > technique in Mobile age. Boot developer the ability of delivering > > consistent content to different platform. With our sincere heart and > > determination to open source , we will always keep an open mind for > > Apache Cordova community. > > > > > > ## Background > > > > Prior to Weex, in order to develop high performance mobile application > > we need write at least three different codebase(iOS,Android,Mobile > > Web) or adopt WebView based UI technique(Apache Cordova for example) > > which can't satisfy the demand for neat user experience on critical > > Interactive scenes. > > > > > > A special task force at Alibaba Inc try to provide a solution for this > > problem have been setup since 2013. At first the team release an > > cross-platform rendering engine which render a special format JSON to > > native components on different platform. To output this JSON file the > > team had build a website which other developer can use to simply > > design final interface. > > > > > > This solution had worked for a while. We found it not able to meet our > > requirement , the website be use to design interface have too many > > limitations , the JSON file be use to render final interface lacks > > enough dynamics. The following discussion inspire we start to develop > > Weex. > > > > > > Now days, Mobile Taobao App which developed by Alibaba Inc , the > > largest user volume eCommerce App in China have adapted Weex in a lot > > of UI. We have measured Weex page and prior Mobile Web page which have > > same interface design and content with Weex page by A/B testing in one > > of Mobile Taobao shopping guide product. The result show the Bounce > > Rate drop from 5.5%(Mobile Web page) to 1.7%(Weex page). > > > > > > ## Current Status > > > > Weex have become a open source project since June 2016. It have been > > use at a lot of Alibaba producted mobile softwares which running on > > the mobile phone of millions of users. > > > > > > Weex code repository located at GitHub . All development activities > > have already happened on GitHub as open source manner. > > > > > > ## Community > > > > The community surrounding Weex is a variety of developer which have > > different technique background. iOS,Android,Web developer must > > collaborate closely to implement most Weex feature. > > > > > > Currently total 43 contributors involved in the GitHub development > > process. Weex repository have received 517 pull requests until Aug > > 2016. > > > > > > Beyond committer from Alibaba Inc,Weex community welcome anybody join > > us.Now days Evan You from Vue Technology LLC, Wang Run Xiang from > > Aipai Inc and lots of GitHub users have contributed source code or > > document to Weex. > > > > > > At the time of this writing ( Aug 2016) Weex GitHub star number is > > 4935 , watch number is 1829 , fork number is 500. > > > > Weex use GitHub issue for problem tracking and technical discussion. > > Currently 437 issues have been submited , 362 of them have been > > solved. > > > > > > ## Known Risks > > > > "Write Once Run Everywhere" is one of original goal of Weex. But as > > Weex provides more feature ,we have received more suggestions for > > implement single platform exclusive feature. > > > > > > ## Source Code > > > > * Main repository: https://github.com/alibaba/weex > > > > * Weex transformer: https://github.com/weexteam/weex-transformer > > > > * Weex toolkit: https://github.com/weexteam/weex-toolkit > > > > * Weex loader: https://github.com/weexteam/weex-loader > > > > * Gulp Weex: https://github.com/weexteam/gulp-weex > > > > > > ## Documentation > > > > * English Document：http://alibaba.github.io/weex/doc/ > > > > * Chinese Document（English first , currently only partially been > > translate to Chinese): > > https://github.com/weexteam/article/wiki/Weex中文文档 > > > > > > ## External Dependencies > > > > * semver(http://semver.org/) developed by Tom Preston-Werner , > > licensed under the Creative Commons - CC BY 3.0 License. > > > > * core-js(https://github.com/zloirock/core-js) developed by Denis > > Pushkarev , licensed under the MIT License. > > > > * vuejs(https://github.com/vuejs/vue) developed by Yuxi Evan You , > > licensed under the MIT License. > > > > * scroll-to (https://github.com/component/scroll-to) developed by > > TooTallNate , licensed under the MIT License. > > > > * Chrome V8(https://developers.google.com/v8/) developed by Google Inc > > & V8 project authors, licensed under BSD License. > > > > * css-layout(https://github.com/facebook/css-layout) developed by > > Facebook Inc., licensed under the BSD License. > > > > > > ## Next Goals > > > > * License all Weex source code and documentation to the Apache > > Software Foundation. ( We already using Apache license for our main > > code repository) > > > > * Setup and standardize the open governance of the Weex Project. > > > > * Move Weex development activity to Apache infrastructure ( Git > > repository , Mail list )
