Re: [flexcoders] Code formatter for action script

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:15:49 -0700

Thanks Tim!

I will go buy the book today. Honsetly before I decided to implement this documenter in Flex2, that is when I took about a day trying to figure out Eclipse's extensions. Then I decided I could get to birds with one stone.

1) Since I could access the file system with php, I could use AMF with Flex

2) I could test how fast Flex is with regular expressions, for that matter the new virtual machine. Well, it is really fast!

But, don't be suprised if you see some plugins from me down the road. I don't know if I will have the means for them to be open source but who knows.

One thing I am thinking is;

If I create an application plugin of my documenter, that will be a big program. I could have all the documenting and formatting in that. Sell it as commercial and maybe offer the formatter as a free open source thing just to show my nicness ;-)

We will see, thanks again.

Peace, Mike

On 4/3/06, Tim Sawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Have a look at Jalopy source and see what that does:
http://jalopy.sourceforge.net/jalopy-eclipse/downloads.html

I recommend "The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse" by D'Anjou et al for a
nice big fat book on how to implement Eclipse extensions.  We did some work
with the Eclipse RCP before looking at Flex.

Tim.


On Monday 03 Apr 2006 11:49, Michael Schmalle wrote:
> You know,
>
> With my experience writting parsers and regular expressions I could write
> one of these as an Eclipse plugin.
>
> The problem is, I love programming in Java(yes, I do know how ;-) But, I
> looked at making Eclipse plugins in Eclipse's help. I got frekin lost. I
> have to much stuff on my plate to figure that out right now.
>
> I was also thinking down the road of porting my as3/mxml documentor into an
> Eclipse Plugin also.
>
> Can someone give me an honest assesment of how hard it is to create a
> plugin if you already have the 'application logic written' ?
>
> Peace, Mike
>
> On 4/3/06, Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > When you're working in a team, it helps to have a code formatter to
> >
> > enforce
> > standard formatting across developers.
> >
> > Yeah, that makes a lot of sense! See, I didn't think of that but, I guess
> > manully formatting for me, has made me a better programmer. When I was
> > thinking of code formatters, I am from the flash dreamweaver area. So
> > there was not comment manipulation etc.
> >
> > So as far as those thing are concerned, yeah a code/comment formatter
> > would help. Maybe with options not to touch the 'formatting' but could
> > parse comments. This would save a lot of time.
> >
> > though it could be
> > interesting trying to format code within mxml files.
> >
> >
> > Why?, if you were say parsing the mxml as xml, then slice out the AS,
> > format it, then push it back into the xml.
> >
> > This is what I do with my document generator in AS3/mxml.
> >
> > Peace, Mike
> >
> > On 4/3/06, Tim Sawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >  We use an open source product called Jalopy (

> > > for formatting our Java code.  I guess it'd be possible to fork this
> > > project
> > > and get it to work with Actionscript files instead, though it could be
> > > interesting trying to format code within mxml files.
> > >
> > > When you're working in a team, it helps to have a code formatter to
> > > enforce
> > > standard formatting across developers.  It's something we really miss
> > > in
> > >
> > > Flex.  It also helps when using CVS, because the diffs between versions
> > > are
> > > the actual code changes, not any formatting changes.
> > >
> > > When we format with Jalopy, it automatically adds in javadoc comments,
> > > with
> > > the comment as DOCUMENT ME!.  It will also add in the appropriate
> > > parameter
> > > list ready for comments filling in.  This all helps save time.
> > > Combining
> > > this with Eclipse's standard header comments and code generation makes
> > > Java
> > > code development more productive.
> > >
> > > I too would like to see a code formatter built into Flex.
> > >
> > > Tim.
> > >
> > > On Monday 03 Apr 2006 02:10, Michael Schmalle wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > This is just my opinion;
> > > >
> > > > I have a project I am working on that has over 50 classes/interfaces
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > > counting, I have written this all myself. My advice;
> > > >
> > > > When you create classes/interfaces, methods and properties, format
> > >
> > > them
> > >
> > > > manually and don't rely on code formatters.
> > > >
> > > > Hey, some will laugh at me for saying this but, it produces better
> > >
> > > code.
> > >
> > > > Mark my words it does. You tend to find mistakes quicker and after
> > > > you
> > >
> > > have
> > >
> > > > exercised you formatting routine enough you find yourself formatting
> > >
> > > as
> > >
> > > > your write.
> > > >
> > > > You will also find yourself taking much more pride in the way your
> > >
> > > code
> > >
> > > > looks and know exactly how it got that way, becasue you did it.
> > > >
> > > > It's also a good way to get in the habit of writting really good
> > > > documenting comments. I don't mean inline but, api doc comments.
> > > >
> > > > Just the 2 cent here.
> > > >
> > > > Peace, Mike
> > > >
> > > > On 4/2/06, bkeinan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >  Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am working on a big project using flex for building the client
> > >
> > > side.
> > >
> > > > > We use the flex builder/SEPY for writing teh action scrip but none
> > >
> > > of
> > >
> > > > > them support good code formating that allows you to define the way
> > >
> > > you
> > >
> > > > > want the code to look like (like in the juva plug in of eclipse).
> > > > > Do any of you knows a good code formatter for action script (free
> > > > > or not)?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Benny
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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