Very interesting!
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:12 PM, stephan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks guys.
>
> The Esoteric Framework is a project I've been working on when I have
> time for about a year and a half now. It has a website (http://
> framework.esotericorp.com/), but unfortunately I don't have time to
> update it so the info is outdated compared to current builds. When the
> new version is usable I will move the project to github or google code
> so it's easier to update.
>
> I started it because I felt like a lot of work I do in Flash is
> repetitive, and I felt like I could automate a lot of it. I wanted
> something between Flash and Flex. I used it for the first time for a
> commercial project not too long ago, and while I think it saved me a
> lot a time, I felt like a lot of things needed to be changed before it
> truly became a useful tool. So I rewrote a lot of code, tried to get
> rid of the non-essential stuff, and my goal is to have a pretty solid
> version that does basic 2D/3D functionality but can be extended via an
> SDK.
>
> You define applications in XML files, which can be loaded during
> runtime, or you can embed them if you'd rather have a nicely packed
> SWF. It has 'bindings' similar to FLEX (I try to make almost
> everything bindable/tweenable), and a scripting language which is
> pretty much a subset of JavaScript. Obviously the scripting language
> is a lot slower than ActionScript, so the idea is to develop CPU
> intensive parts in AS3 then provide high level functions to be used by
> the scripting language. A very basic application would look something
> like this:
>
> <MyApplication>
> <BitmapFile url="image.png" x="{-.5 * this.bitmapWidth + mouseX}"
> y="{-.5 * this.bitmapHeight + mouseY}" />
> </MyApplication>
>
> This will basically load an image and move it under the mouse cursor
> as it moves. As you can see 'bindings' detect when a value is updated
> and updates the attributes appropriately. So it avoids having to write
> event listeners for simple stuff.
>
> I also added a simple framework for the scripting language which is
> inspired by the JavaScript framework jQuery, so you can manipulate
> nodes easily. For instance you could do something like:
>
> $('* [kind=BitmapFile]').animate('alpha', 0, 2);
>
> That would basically fade out all the images in the application. For
> 3D functionality I moved from PaperVision3D to Away3D 10 lite and it's
> been working great so far. It's fun to tween 3D objects using the
> scripting language with just a few line of codes.
>
> I wrote a simple SDK to create custom elements. In short you define
> the attributes of your element in a JSON file, then launch the code
> generator (written in Python) that will generate an AS3 base class for
> your element which you can extend as you want. The base class will
> already take care of all the bindings and the magical stuff for you so
> you don't have to worry about that.
>
> Right now I feel like there's quite a bit of work left, but when it's
> ready I'll release all the source code so people can play with it if
> they are interested.
>
> Stephan
>
> On Feb 5, 10:41 am, Fabrice <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hey Stephan,
> > Why don't you tell us a bit more about the Esoteric framework...?
> > Looks very promissing...
> >
> > Fabrice
> >
> > On Feb 3, 5:48 pm, stephan <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > Great work on the Flash 10 branch guys.
> >
> > > I noticed you guys use the root perspective projection to compute the
> > > camera projection. So changing zoom/focus will change the field of
> > > view of the root as well. So if I have display objects outside Away3D
> > > the field of view will affect those as well.
> >
> > > I've been investigating how the matrix used by
> > > flash.geom.Utils3D.projectVectors() works, and it's pretty different
> > > from your usual OpenGL/DirectX projection matrix. I was able to figure
> > > how it works, and how to create projection matrices without relying on
> > > PerspectiveProjection, including off center projections. If you are
> > > interested I posted some code here:
> >
> > >http://stephan83.com/10910707
> >
> > > Maybe you already know all of this, but if it can be useful feel free
> > > to use it!
> >
> > > Thanks again,
> >
> > > Stephan Florquin
>
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