While i appreciate all the effort. What exactly is wrong with the flash player that we necessary need to go away from it ?
2012/9/17 Michael Schmalle <apa...@teotigraphix.com> > Hi, > > I have been waiting for a thread like this since the compiler code was > released. I've spent the last 3 days completely digesting as much of the > compiler framework as I can. What I see has a very significant impact on > the future of ActionScript and Apache Flex in my opinion. > > From a framework devs perspective, we have been given all the tools to do > what we need to do to get away from the FlashPlayer. > > Some of you may remember me from Dec-Jan when I was as active as you can > be in this project and it's beginning. That all changed when I realized I > to was on a ship ready to sink during the next storm and that was Flex and > the FlashPlayer. I spent the last 8 months reorganizing my business and > working on Android audio things that actually keeps the family fed. > > What's the point Mike? I have been with the ActionScript language since > 2001 and Flash 5, I have written in a lot of different languages and for > some reason ActionScript is "very easy" to get the ideas out and down (I > keep coming back to it for fun). > > So I come back and see what's happening here, oh Gordon joins for some > part time work and the Falcon code is donated. Ok, this is it, when I was > preaching the word of Apache Flex almost a year ago, this is what I was > talking about, a new future for ActionScript and Flex, a new use case. > > Since I have totally abandoned the Flash Player from a dependent business > perspective, I love the fact I can come back and work on things that are > NOT related to the FlashPlayer. > > The opensource spirit at Apache is about invention, experiments and > cooperation. I am very willing and have the time to work on a future such > as what Igor is talking about. > > To see ActionScript and Flex leave it's little safe home at Adobe and the > FlashPlayer only to find itself in the hands of new web devs experiencing > an tight middle tier language to get things done in the new age would be > poetic justice for my last decade and dealings with Adobe. > > I'll check this stuff out Igor. > > Mike > > > > > > Hi there Folks >> >> I've been digging around Vaadin source code and the way the move to >> support >> compilation for HTML/CSS/JS with Java written only. >> >> Their way of generating source code is pretty similar of what we have in >> SystemManager(https://vaadin.**com/api/com/vaadin/ui/** >> AbstractComponent.html<https://vaadin.com/api/com/vaadin/ui/AbstractComponent.html>) >> and >> UIComponent(https://vaadin.**com/api/com/vaadin/ui/**Component.html<https://vaadin.com/api/com/vaadin/ui/Component.html>), >> I guess >> on my view they had something in mind >> to be inspired by Flash ecosystem mixing with GWT which is part of the >> core >> of it. >> >> Some advantages on their project is licensed under Apache, it's >> open-source >> and their API is pretty similar like Flex and Swing. >> >> That's lead me to one question, should we move on that direction with >> Falcon or even mxmlc to generate something similar to that? >> I mean how hard should be to generate text base docs. >> >> The core way of vaadin does it's all related to css to create the UI and >> javascript 1.2 to the engine of script. >> >> We shall have to inspire in this project to take cool features it's have >> and apply some of them in Flex project. >> >> I'd love to see some feedback's here. >> >> ---------------------------- >> Igor Costa >> >> > -- > Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC > http://www.teotigraphix.com > http://blog.teotigraphix.com > >
