This would be good info to post somewhere on the website since I'm sure Frederic isn't the only one wondering.
Carol On 1/18/13 6 :41AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: >Frederic, > >There are currently two JS cross compilation projects happening: >FalconJS and FalconJx. > >FalconJS is a project started by Alex Harui. It is currently the most >complete implementation and has (limited?) MXML parsing. The FalconJS >compiler will take an MXML and AS project and output a valid HTML/JS >application. FalconJS does depend on a custom AS framework (i.e. won't >work with the Flex SDK) and corresponding JS framework. This framework >goes by the name of FlexJS. Read more about it on the Wiki: > >https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Alex%27s+FlexJS+Prototype > >FalconJx is the 'alternative' project from Michael Schmalle. It uses >an alternative approach to AS3 compilation (don't ask for details, I >have no clue about the innards of that code). One of it's main selling >points (from my humble point of view) is that it has a very flexible >architecture for outputting different flavours of JS. The status of >this project is that we are working on getting complete AS3 language >feature coverage in place. This means that we are working towards >~100% translation of AS into JS. I'm using the Google Closure Tools to >augment standard JS to try and match the original AS language >features. This is coming along nicely, but I'm sure the devil will be >in the details. Read more on the 'goog' way here: > >https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/AS+to+JS+-+the+%27goog%27 >+Way > >FalconJx future: once we have AS (and hopefully MXML, at some point) >translating into JS and have functional tests in place, the challenge >will become to come up with both AS and JS framework to actually allow >for application development. I'm silly enough to still cling to the >idea that we'll be able to use (most of) the Flex SDK and create a >compatible JS library... but I'm sure others will declare me insane >for just dreaming about that :-) > >Have fun, > >EdB > > > > >On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Fréderic Cox <coxfrede...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> I'm following your work with great interest, but I'm afraid as a >>"regular" >> AS3 developer with no background in compilers this is a bit too >>technical >> for me. I was wondering if you could explain in a non-technical way what >> the status of the project is at this moment. >> >> Questions I have: >> >> - I have an AS3 project, what can I do with FalconJx? Will it run in the >> browser already? >> - I have a Flex project with MXML, can it run in the browser with >>FalconJx >> instead of Flash Player? >> - Is it technically possible to write in AS3/MXML and without Flash run >> the content in the browser, how does it reflect to the "pages" paradigm >> (history) and the DOM? >> >> Thanks for your hard work, just trying to understand where we are at at >> this moment >> >> Fréderic Cox >> >> >> >> >> On 18/01/13 12:19, "Michael Schmalle" <apa...@teotigraphix.com> wrote: >> >>>Hey all, >>> >>>Since the project is really taking shape thanks to our great >>>cooperation, I am going to focus on the nemesis I have left and that >>>is finishing of the ActionScript emitter. >>> >>>This project blew up fast with Erik contributing, I didn't get a >>>chance to fully finish the ActionScript impl. Yes, I might have plans >>>down the road to make a read/write AS DOM and having a fully >>>functional AS3 emitter is essential. >>> >>>Mike >>> >>>-- >>>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
