That sounds really amazing. So in the beginning was a mix of AS3 and JS. If JS didn't exit, then it was generated. So, the strategy now is to have all in AS3 and *all* (or the most possible) JS generated?
2015-12-01 20:37 GMT+01:00 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>: > > > On 12/1/15, 11:13 AM, "carlos.rov...@gmail.com on behalf of Carlos Rovira" > <carlos.rov...@gmail.com on behalf of carlos.rov...@codeoscopic.com> > wrote: > > >Hi Alex, that sounds amazing. > > > >One question for me is what you refer as "externs". Could you share what > >this means? > > Externs are like header files for JS libraries. Michael Schmalle made it > possible to create a SWC like our js.swc that contains the > playerglobal.swc equivalent for the browser. It contains HTMLElement, > Document, Window, XMLHTTPRequest, etc. The source for the externs comes > from Google Closure Library. > > This allows us to write fully functional JS applications and frameworks by > writing them in AS, even in an IDE with code completion, and outputting > JS. The FlexJS 0.5.0 framework currently consists of thousands of lines > of JS code handwritten by Peter and I and others. We are almost done > rewriting those JS files in AS. The advantages are significant. The > compiler catches things sooner, we don't waste time forgetting to type > 'this.' or debugging when we do, we don't waste time typing out package > path names, etc. Also, the AS code for the SWF and the JS code for the > browser for any particular component often shared quite a bit of code and > now all that shared code is in one file with conditional compiles for JS > or SWF-specific code. In the end, I now strongly believe that AS is a > better language for writing JS. > I expect that we'll be able to create components in FlexJS much more > quickly this way. > > -Alex > > -- Carlos Rovira Director General M: +34 607 22 60 05 http://www.codeoscopic.com http://www.avant2.es Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener información privilegiada o confidencial. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que nos lo comunique inmediatamente por esta misma vía y proceda a su destrucción. De la vigente Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos (15/1999), le comunicamos que sus datos forman parte de un fichero cuyo responsable es CODEOSCOPIC S.A. La finalidad de dicho tratamiento es facilitar la prestación del servicio o información solicitados, teniendo usted derecho de acceso, rectificación, cancelación y oposición de sus datos dirigiéndose a nuestras oficinas c/ Paseo de la Habana 9-11, 28036, Madrid con la documentación necesaria.
