[flexcoders] Re: Flex, HTML5, Javascript...oh my!

2011-10-18 Thread Mete Atamel
I discovered Google's Closure Library while working on a large JavaScript project. It was painful to switch to it in the middle of the project because you need to write JavaScript in a certain style and for advanced optimization to work, you need to annotate code and add exports but in the end

[flexcoders] Re: Flex, HTML5, Javascript...oh my!

2011-10-14 Thread valdhor
Thanks for that. You're right; I'd never heard of it before. All I ever knew about was SproutCore. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Johannes Nel johannes.nel@... wrote: look, i don't want to get into a fight with people, but i can really say that the google closure toolset makes every other

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex, HTML5, Javascript...oh my!

2011-10-14 Thread Johannes Nel
i can really recommend this book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Closure-Definitive-Guide-Michael-Bolin/dp/1449381871 On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:25 PM, valdhor valdhorli...@embarqmail.comwrote: ** Thanks for that. You're right; I'd never heard of it before. All I ever knew about was SproutCore.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex, HTML5, Javascript...oh my!

2011-10-14 Thread Alex Harui
But also read up on Google’s new DART language. On 10/14/11 8:06 AM, Johannes Nel johannes@gmail.com wrote: i can really recommend this book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Closure-Definitive-Guide-Michael-Bolin/dp/1449381871 On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:25 PM, valdhor

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex, HTML5, Javascript...oh my!

2011-10-14 Thread Johannes Nel
I have read that google will provide a partial converter from closure code to dart. But in reality, the type system which is in Dart is already there with the closure compiler if you bother to annotate your code - this is a crucial concept and I annotate religiously (97.4% coverage on our current

[flexcoders] Re: Flex, HTML5, Javascript...oh my!

2011-10-14 Thread vigilsolace
I'm in the same position. Does anyone have any thoughts on GWT or Sencha's Ext JS 4? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jamesfin james.alan.finnigan@... wrote: As a devoted flex developer of over five years now, I'm getting the nudge by management to get as comfortable with HTML5/Javascript