Hi Alex, I want to try to AS/MXML/SWF/JS compile enviromnet on Flash Builder 4.7.
so I have a question. Where is FlexJSOverray.zip in repository? Thanks. -- Jun F 2013/2/14 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>: > Hi Folks, > > A quick update on FlexJS before I spend the next several days on the release > and on vacation: > > > 1. We have prototypes of a List, Button and a Label > 2. We have a prototype of a HTTPService and a LazyCollection > 3. The FlexJSTest_again example is updated so you can choose a stock symbol > from the List, hit a Button and see the stock price in the Label > 4. Peter has built out a TextInput and TextArea in AS and is working on the > JS equivalents > > If you want to play with the AS/MXML/SWF side of this stuff and are too lazy > to build from the sources, I have hacked together a way for you to try it in > Flash Builder. I have put a zip file called FlexJSOverlay.zip in my folder > on people.a.o. > > Setup instructions are: > > > 1. Get Apache Flex 4.9 working in FB. (I tried it with FB 4.7, but not FB > 4.6) > 2. Shut down FB > 3. Make a copy of your Apache Flex 4.9 folder. The zip file contains a > shell script that will neuter the Flex aspects of this folder and replace it > with FlexJS stuff. It worked on my Mac, haven’t tried Windows yet. > 4. Unzip FlexJSOverlay into a some other folder. > 5. Change to that folder and run deploy.sh <path to copy of Apache Flex 4.9 > folder> > 6. Run Flash Builder > 7. Choose from the File menu, Import, Run/Debug, Launch Configurations > 8. Choose the ide/flashbuilder folder from this copy of Apache Flex 4.9 we > are mucking with. > 9. There should now be two new configs in the Run menu under External Tools > 10. In the Flash Builder menu, choose Preferences and add this new folder as > a Flex SDK. > > Now for each project: > > > 1. Create a new Flex Project > 2. Choose this modified Apache Flex SDK > 3. Do not change the output folder from bin-debug > 4. Flash Builder will generate a totally messed up Application tag so > replace it with this template: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <basic:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"; > xmlns:basic="library://ns.apache.org/flexjs/basic" > > > </basic:Application> > > Source Code > > Right now, Application doesn’t contain any UI, it takes another MXML file as > the initialView property and a model and a controller. You can reference the > example in FlexJSTest_again. > > Building and Running/Debugging > > As you edit the code, the regular Flex compiler is compiling and reporting > errors, but it only knows how to build Flex SWFs so the output SWF probably > won’t run. So, before you debug, choose from the Run menu the new External > Tool: “FlexJS (Debug Build)”. This will run the Falcon compiler with the > right options to generate a SWF in the bin-debug folder that overwrites the > one that is there. Then you should be able to set breakpoints and debug. > > I’m sure there’ll be lots of issues, but feel free to comment or contribute. > After the release I will be tweaking either FalconJS and/or FalconJX to plug > into Flash Builder and generate the JS version. For now, you’ll have to > build and run FalconJS and manage the resulting JS files as I’ve described in > the Wiki. > > -- > Alex Harui > Flex SDK Team > Adobe Systems, Inc. > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
