Amazing. When FlexJS started, the key mantra was always go for a new framework without looking back. I continue thinking that trying to compile old Flex applications with FlexJS is science-fictions...but now, with the progress that Alex report...maybe it could be possible in part.
Great work Alex!! Carlos 2016-03-29 3:17 GMT+02:00 Mark Kessler <kesslerconsult...@gmail.com>: > Sounds like great progress. > > > -Mark > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > As you may know, I've been exploring what it would take to create a set > of > > components for FlexJS that more closely match the Spark (and MX) APIs > from > > the regular Flex SDK. > > > > Today, I reached an early milestone: I got a subset of UIComponent to > > subclass the FlexJS UIBase and cross-compile with zero errors. It > doesn't > > run yet, but it gives us information about the effort and patterns > > involved and some early idea of the size. > > > > In order to create a manageable subset, I commented out all code in > > UIComponent related to: > > > > -accessibility > > -rotation > > -scale > > -3D and Transforms and other AdvancedLayoutFeatures > > -designLayer > > -BlendModes and BlendShaders > > -Filters > > -doubleClick > > -cacheAsBitmap, cachePolicy and cacheHeuristic > > -AdvancedStyleClient > > -Repeater > > -XML DataBinding > > > > Most of what is in the list is stuff related to "fancy" visuals. IMO, > you > > can build many apps without these features. > > > > In addition, I changed some weak reference listeners to strong listeners > > since we don't have weak reference support on the JS side so any code > that > > does a lot of discarding of UIComponents is going to leak (for now). The > > only idea I have for dealing with lack of weak references going forward > is > > to add a dispose() call to UIComponent and other objects similar to what > > you already have to do for Bitmaps and XML. > > > > It turns out that it still took some 212 files to compile UIComponent. > > That's how complex the web of interdependencies are in the Flex SDK. But > > interestingly, the cross-compiled output minified down to "only" an > > additional 140K! I was thinking it would be 10 times as big. > > > > So that's promising, and means I will continue pushing on getting this to > > run and port more code. I think the next milestone is to port > > mx:Container, mx:Label, mx:Application just to see a Hello World run. > > Then start porting Spark. How long that will take is unknown. The key > > question is how many touch-points there are with Flash, especially APIs > > with good names that shouldn't be renamed (like 'parent'). Maybe > > UIComponent (and UITextField) are the primary points of contact with the > > Runtime and higher-level components will port more cleanly. > > > > But first, I have slides and demos and hopefully a release (without this > > stuff) to finish by next Monday. > > > > Feel free to ask questions, > > -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.
