This sounds pretty cool. For those with no prior BB experience, is there a high level summary of the net effect of the changes? x% faster exec, N less bytes of binary, Y times easier plugin development etc?
Thanks, -Michal On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Bryan Higgins <bhigg...@blackberry.com>wrote: > It's exactly the same as this extension, but we've converted it into a > cordova plugin. We'll provide both the source and pre-compiled libraries. > > https://github.com/blackberry/BB10-WebWorks-Framework/tree/master/ext/jpps > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Lorin Beer <lorin.beer....@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > sounds great Bryan, > > > > about the private native dependency, is that provided as a precompiled > > library? > > Can we run these codes? > > > > - Lorin > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Bryan Higgins <bhigg...@blackberry.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Sounds good! There are still a few things we need to finish up to get > > test > > > results in line with the existing implementation. File API is the big > > one. > > > > > > There is also a native library needed which is in the private repo > right > > > now. We'll look at moving that into cordova-blackberry. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Lorin Beer <lorin.beer....@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Great! Last week, I wrote a little script to provide unique tags to > the > > > > unit tests in mobile spec. Once those are tagged, I'll be pushing up > > the > > > > currently failing tests in the existing BB10 implementation. Having > > those > > > > tests documented will hopefully provide an anchor to move the > > discussion > > > > forward. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Bryan Higgins < > bhigg...@blackberry.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'll follow up today with that. There are a few people who need to > > sign > > > > > still. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Lorin Beer < > lorin.beer....@gmail.com > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This is great stuff! I figured we'd be waiting for a while > longer, > > > > great > > > > > to > > > > > > see this go live! > > > > > > Tim and I will be going through this right away. > > > > > > Bryan, I know you are on the > > > > > > list<https://people.apache.org/committer-index.html#unlistedclas > >; > > > has > > > > > > the rest of your team signed the Apache CLA as well? > > > > > > > > > > > > - Lorin > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Tim Kim <timki...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Awesome! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6 April 2013 08:16, Ken Wallis <kwal...@blackberry.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So awesome to see this go live, thanks Bryan. Looking forward > > to > > > > > seeing > > > > > > > > progress towards this being merged into the Apache repos! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. > > > > > > > > From: Bryan Higgins > > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2013 6:42 AM > > > > > > > > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > > > Reply To: dev@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > > > Subject: BlackBerry BB10 Repos on GitHub > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Over the last few weeks, we at BlackBerry WebWorks have been > > > > working > > > > > > on a > > > > > > > > prototype for a new version of our SDK based on Cordova. I'm > > > happy > > > > to > > > > > > say > > > > > > > > that we're now able to share our repos publicly! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To understand what we've done, you will first need to > > understand > > > > that > > > > > > > > WebWorks for BB10 is really 3 things: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Packager (bbwp) – a set of node scripts to assemble > apps > > > from > > > > > > > source > > > > > > > > 2. Framework – handles bootstrap, extension loading, exec > > > calls, > > > > > > > events > > > > > > > > 3. Extensions – all of the APIs. Similar to cordova > plugins, > > > but > > > > > > > > included in the SDK rather than directly in the project. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All of this is built on top of the "web platform" - a layer > on > > > top > > > > of > > > > > > > > WebKit which exposes device APIs. We plan to document this > > layer > > > > and > > > > > > > > provide instructions on how to build a web platform app using > > > only > > > > > the > > > > > > > NDK. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For those wanting a rich set of APIs, we will provide a > Cordova > > > > build > > > > > > > along > > > > > > > > with a set of custom plugins for platform features. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To get to that world, we need to move some logic from the > > > packager > > > > > and > > > > > > > > framework into Cordova. This will really simplify the exec > > chain > > > > and > > > > > > ease > > > > > > > > plugin development. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Old world: > > > > > > > > Plugin script > cordova.exec > WebWorks extension > > > > webworks.exec > > > > > > web > > > > > > > > platform / native > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > New world: > > > > > > > > Plugin script > cordova.exec > web platform / native > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All of our repos are up at github.com/blackberry. Here's a > > quick > > > > > > summary > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > what we have done so far. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-blackberry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * split out BB10 from BBOS/PlayBook > > > > > > > > * Re-implemented cordova create, build and run in node, > > using > > > > > libs > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > our packager > > > > > > > > * Introduced "target" script for managing device and > > > simulator > > > > > > > > configuration > > > > > > > > * Started the process of converting core plugins from > > > wrappers > > > > to > > > > > > > > calling web platform directly > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-js > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Created blackberry10 as a top level platform > > > > > > > > * Added some bootstrap, exec and event logic from our > > > Framework > > > > > > > > * Started the process of removing the wrappers (at which > > > point > > > > > > > > cordova.exec and webworks.exec are merged and webworks events > > > will > > > > go > > > > > > > away) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-plugman > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Copy "controller" code (index.js) and native .so files > > into > > > > the > > > > > > > > project > > > > > > > > * Implemented our prototype of script injection (wrapping > > > > > > js-modules > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > cordova.define and generating plugins.json). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-cli > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Minor changes to support splitting out BB10 from BBOS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-blackberry-plugins(not > > > yet > > > > > > > public,) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Plugins for BB10 platform features > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know this is a lot of dump on the list at once, but Jeff > and > > I > > > > are > > > > > > here > > > > > > > > to answer any questions or concerns. Now that the repos are > > live > > > > we'd > > > > > > > like > > > > > > > > to start a discussion on getting the code into Apache. We've > > got > > > a > > > > > > small > > > > > > > > team here working on this (intros to come) and everyone is > > > excited > > > > to > > > > > > > start > > > > > > > > working with the community. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > This transmission (including any attachments) may contain > > > > > confidential > > > > > > > > information, privileged material (including material > protected > > by > > > > the > > > > > > > > solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or > constitute > > > > > > > non-public > > > > > > > > information. Any use of this information by anyone other than > > the > > > > > > > intended > > > > > > > > recipient is prohibited. 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