I'm not sure if this is really the same thing Francois. I just ran the blazeds archetype and I couldn't see any use of the adobe webtier compiler anywhere in the generated projects.
This feature is all about using the adobe flex webtier compiler to incrementally build your flex app. This is the key to the fast turnaround. This feature would allow you to run your flex source files through the webtier compiler which is run as a j2ee web app. On Feb 4, 10:48 am, François Le Droff <[email protected]> wrote: > You may try those out by using mvn command lines such as this one : > > mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeVersion=<version> > -DarchetypeGroupId=com.adobe.ac > -DarchetypeArtifactId=<artifactId> > -DarchetypeRepository=http://fna.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/fna/fna_m2_repository > / > > I've been working on the 1.3-SNAPSHOT versions lately > > Let me know if you are having issues, I also set up a mailing list for > the fna project, feel free to use it for support ! > > Cheers ! > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:29 AM, neil thorne > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Francois, > > > does this let you make a change to some source mxml, as, or css and > > then hit reload in your browser to see changes immediately? > > > If so - great! I did see this archetypes project before but I couldn't > > get them to run (just my lack of understanding of using remote > > archetypes :) > > > Maybe I'll take another look. > > > cheers, > > > Neil > > > On Feb 4, 10:21 am, François Le Droff <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > I am not sure I understood your email right. > > > but I think I achieved that kind of stuff with on the fna > > archetypehttp:// > > fna.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/fna/site/mvn_archetypes/blazeds-a... > > > > In generated web project I don't have any hard coded path > > > and I manage to run and test the web app by running mvn > > jetty:run-exploded > > > > Cheers ! > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:44 AM, neil thorne > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > A while back I read that Marcel Overdijk over at the Grail Community > > > > had built a flex plugin. > > > > >http://marceloverdijk.blogspot.com/2007/08/another-sexy-flex-grails-e. > > .. > > > > > This lead me to wanting to find out more about the flex webtier > > > > compiler. I now use this routinely when developing flex front ends as > > > > I can just hit F5 and see my code changes take effect. > > > > > I find this is much faster than using a swf based build cycle (flex > > > > mojos based, or using FlexBuilder - change, build, stop, start.) > > > > > It's especially great when making styling changes (css or layouts) as > > > > you feel like you're just coding html. > > > > > Anyway, my current working practice is fairly lame - I take a given > > > > project that I'm working on - say > > > > > foo > > > > +pom.xml > > > > > and I create a webtier project next to it - foo-webtier > > > > > parent > > > > +foo > > > > ++pom.xml > > > > +foo-webtier > > > > ++pom.xml > > > > > The webtier project is a really simple war project which just contains > > > > the j2ee webtier compiler artifacts with a modified jetty plugin > > > > configuration to allow me to get jetty to see changes to my foo > > > > project. > > > > > The challenges I currently have are that I have to create a custom > > > > webtier project each time, and that the webtier project is not generic > > > > - I have hardcoded paths etc. in my flex-config.xml file and my > > > > pom.xml, but I'm sure it would be easy to use something like maven > > > > filters to generate these files. > > > > > I can then run mvn jetty:run in the webtier project and I now have > > > > "F5" development lifecycle. > > > > > Does anyone else on this list do anything similar? > > > > > I'm happy to give you guys full details on what I currently do to turn > > > > this hopefully into an official plugin. > > > > > Let me know your thoughts... > > > > > thanks, > > > > > Neil > > > > -- > > > > François Le Droffhttp://www.droff.com > > -- > > François Le Droffhttp://www.droff.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Flex Mojos" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/flex-mojos?hl=en?hl=en http://blog.flex-mojos.info/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
