The bundling of WebWorks of node can probably be improved, few things to note-
1. The building requires node/npm to be on the host machine which is independent of the node bundled with WebWorks Packager 2. Node is bundled into the packager so when you run bbwp it uses that node and not the one on your machine. 3. Not built from source instead just a binary 4. Not bundled for Linux. On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Gord Tanner <gtan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just tested setting this up on my personal macbook and it all seemed to go > fine. (Somehow I got ant on this machine and I don't remember installing > it, does it come with xcode?) > > As for the node dependency it looks like the packager bundles node with it > ( > > https://github.com/blackberry/BB10-Webworks-Packager/tree/master/third_party/node > ). > > I had node setup and installed on this laptop before so I can't verify the > experience without. > > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Gord Tanner <gtan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I put together a small prototype so people can see what the user feel > > would be like: > > > > > https://github.com/gtanner/incubator-cordova-blackberry-webworks/tree/blackberry.ndk > > > > This currently only works and has been tested on OSX (sorry Jesse :P) but > > I will add windows support of this idea takes off. > > > > If you clone the above branch and run ./bin/create it will prompt you to > > setup the WebWorks SDK. Please download the native SDK before running > that > > script from (http://developer.blackberry.com/native/beta/) > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Drew Walters <deedu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Just to be clear, I wasn't complaining about node/npm dependencies, was > >> just curious what full dependencies would be. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > >> > >> > I don¹t think a dependency on node/npm is any more problematic than a > >> > dependency on ANT, for example. > >> > > >> > On 12/5/12 2:55 PM, "Gord Tanner" <gtan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > >Is dependencies on node and npm a problem? > >> > > > >> > >I was thinking this wouldn't be that big of a problem since > >> > >Cordova-client depends on those projects too. > >> > > > >> > >If it is a huge deal I can look into removing those dependencies > >> > > > >> > >Sent from my iPhone > >> > > > >> > >On 2012-12-05, at 3:30 PM, Drew Walters <deedu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> So, if the WebWorks SDK itself needs to provide native code for > >> > >> functionality, how will that be provided? > >> > >> > >> > >> What dependency differences are we looking at? Looks like to pull > >> and > >> > >> build WebWorks SDK it would require git, node, npm, native SDK. > >> Anything > >> > >> else? Does the native SDK have any pre-reqs? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Nukul Bhasin <m...@nukulb.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>> Does the WebWorks packager for BB 10 handle the compilation of > >> native > >> > >>>> plugins or do they have to be pre-compiled prior to packaging > now? > >> > >>> No. BB10 WebWorks Packager includes built binaries that are then > >> > >>>packaged > >> > >>> into the app. > >> > >>> If you want to build native extensions you must use the NDK. > >> > >>> > >> > >>> For OS5-7 and playbook WebWorks SDK included BlackBerry Java SDK > or > >> > >>>Air SDK > >> > >>> but WebWorks BB10 does not include the NDK > >> > >>> > >> > >>> To answer the question why its different for BB10, because I like > >> 9MB > >> > >>> instead of 900 MB :) > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Drew Walters <deedu...@gmail.com> > >> > >>>wrote: > >> > >>> > >> > >>>> Call me old fashioned but I like 9MB downloads better the 900MB > :-) > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> I guess the necessity for this is because unlike WebWorks for > >> OS5-7, > >> > >>>>the > >> > >>>> native libraries are not included in WebWorks for BB 10. > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> Does the WebWorks packager for BB 10 handle the compilation of > >> native > >> > >>>> plugins or do they have to be pre-compiled prior to packaging > now? > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Gord Tanner <gtan...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote: > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>>> Correct. This would be for any cordova BlackBerry 10 APIs (not > >> > >>>>>external > >> > >>>>> plugins). > >> > >>>>> > >> > >>>>> This will allow us the native compile step for Cordova that we > >> don't > >> > >>> have > >> > >>>>> access to with WebWorks (that other platforms have). > >> > >>>>> > >> > >>>>> The key for this is flexibility. Nothing is changing with this > >> now > >> > >>>>>but > >> > >>>>> allows us more tools to support BlackBerry 10 Cordova in the > >> future. > >> > >>>>> > >> > >>>>> > >> > >>>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Drew Walters < > deedu...@gmail.com> > >> > >>> wrote: > >> > >>>>> > >> > >>>>>> Making sure I understand the steps: > >> > >>>>>> > >> > >>>>>> 1. User downloads and installs BlackBerry 10 Native SDK and > >> Cordova. > >> > >>>>>> 2. Executing the create script to create a project will somehow > >> > >>>> determine > >> > >>>>>> if the user has the WebWorks SDK and if not... > >> > >>>>>> 3. Clone the WebWorks SDK using git. > >> > >>>>>> 4. Build the WebWorks SDK. > >> > >>>>>> 5. Update the project.properties for the project to point at > the > >> > >>> built > >> > >>>>>> WebWorks SDK. > >> > >>>>>> > >> > >>>>>> I would prefer to not dynamically clone and build the WebWorks > >> SDK > >> > >>>>>>as > >> > >>>>> part > >> > >>>>>> of Cordova project creation, seems like that could be prone to > >> > >>> issues. > >> > >>>>>> > >> > >>>>>> I would tend to think the majority of developers would not be > >> > >>> building > >> > >>>>>> custom plugins for their application. Would the native SDK be > >> > >>> required > >> > >>>> by > >> > >>>>>> Cordova end developers if Cordova for BlackBerry 10 contains > some > >> > >>>> native > >> > >>>>>> (C++) plugins? > >> > >>>>>> > >> > >>>>>> > >> > >>>>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Gord Tanner <gtan...@gmail.com > > > >> > >>> wrote: > >> > >>>>>> > >> > >>>>>>> Currently for developing for BlackBerry 10 the user needs to > >> > >>> download > >> > >>>>> and > >> > >>>>>>> install the WebWorks SDK. [1]. > >> > >>>>>>> > >> > >>>>>>> This SDK is opensource and available from github [2] and users > >> are > >> > >>>> able > >> > >>>>>> to > >> > >>>>>>> clone and build the SDK with the native development tools > >> available > >> > >>>>> [3]. > >> > >>>>>>> > >> > >>>>>>> I would like to switch the BlackBerry 10 platform for cordova > to > >> > >>> use > >> > >>>>> the > >> > >>>>>>> NDK and clone WebWorks from github. The only difference a > >> cordova > >> > >>>>>>> developer would notice would be what download we tell them to > >> > >>> install > >> > >>>>> in > >> > >>>>>>> the documentations, everything else would be handled by the > >> > >>>>> ./bin/create > >> > >>>>>>> script and ./cordova/* scripts pointing where the WebWorks SDK > >> > >>> lives. > >> > >>>>>>> > >> > >>>>>>> This preps us to have the tools available on the developers > >> machine > >> > >>>> to > >> > >>>>>>> build any native extensions that may or may not be needed for > >> > >>>>> BlackBerry > >> > >>>>>> 10 > >> > >>>>>>> development. > >> > >>>>>>> > >> > >>>>>>> [1] https://developer.blackberry.com/html5/download/ > >> > >>>>>>> [2] https://github.com/blackberry/BB10-Webworks-Packager > >> > >>>>>>> [3] http://developer.blackberry.com/native/beta/ > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> -- > >> > >>> *Nukul Bhasin* > >> > >>> *Computer Engineer, B.Eng* > >> > >>> *10 Queens Quay W, suite#1710* > >> > >>> *Toronto, ON, Canada* > >> > >>> *Ph: 416 508 3157* > >> > >>> > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > >
