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Posted to dev@flex.apache.org by "Edward J. Apostol" <ed...@edapostol.com> on 2012/08/29 21:19:38 UTC
Apache Flex AIR Installer ( was RE: [OT] Introduction and some quick questions)
Hello Om
I just wanted to follow up on your links to the common and installer
projects you mentioned below, when I attempt to use them in Flash Builder
(after putting together the SDK) I had some missing references to the
Zip/ZipEvent and ZipFile classes.
import org.as3commons.zip.Zip;
import org.as3commons.zip.ZipEvent;
import org.as3Commons.zip.ZipFile;
So I downloaded it from
http://www.as3commons.org/as3-commons-zip/index.html. Things seem to clear
up after that for the installer.
Edward J. Apostol
Consultant & Instructor - Web, RIAs and Mobile
Toronto, ON Canada
E : ed@edapostol.com
M: (647) 899-8235
F : (647) 436-7449
Twitter: @edwardjapostol
Web : http://about.me/edwardapostol
-----Original Message-----
From: omuppi1@gmail.com [mailto:omuppi1@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Om
Sent: August-28-12 3:45 PM
To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org; ed@edapostol.com
Subject: Re: [OT] Introduction and some quick questions
>
> (From Om)
>
> I see that your presentation is tomorrow evening. For the short term,
> it would be best to download the latest source from here:
>
>
>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/flex/utilities/trunk/instal
> ler
>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/flex/utilities/trunk/common
>
>
>
> You can compile it on your machine and run it locally. It should work
> fine for your presentation. The codebase is pretty much locked and
> this is what we will be cutting a release from.
>
>
>
> And you could take this opportunity to perhaps walk through how to
> checkout code from Apache Flex, set up on your machine, compile it
> etc. You could show the devs how easy it is to get up and running.
> Maybe some of them will get inspired to help out Apache Flex as well.
>
>
>
> Just a thought :-)
>
> *I am actually going to go through this process (a little quickly) and
> maybe do some inspirational talk to. BTW you know I am also a yoga
> teacher and om is quite a common phrase in those circles. J
>
>
:-)
>
>
> If anyone has comments on the other questions as well that would be great!
>
>
>
> 3) I've seen some threads here regarding unit testing - is there
going
>
> to be some support or foundation for using Apache Flex with FlexUnit
> or other unit testing systems?
>
> Michael Labriola - the father of FlexUnit ;) has mentioned on this
> list
that he will be donating FlexUnit to Apache Flex soon. You can see this
discussion for more details:
http://markmail.org/thread/477zkj3bmmk2a33d
>
> 4) What is currently being worked on in terms of feature support that
>
> for example the Flash Player has that Apache Flex has yet to implement?
>
> video for example? Components?
>
I haven't seen any relevant discussions on the list about this.
>
>
> 5) (Last one for now) I'll be using Andrew Tryce's example to
showcase
>
> functional Flex 4.8 demos. I also have older demos to illustrate basic
> functionality (from Flex 4.5). Are there any other demos that can be
> used to illustrate anything unique about the 4.8 build that can be
> used for demonstration purposes?
>
>
>
Apache Flex 4.8 is a parity release, i.e. it is exactly the same as Adobe
Flex 4.6. So, there are no new features. The user community will hopefully
proactively switch to Apache Flex 4.8 and make sure that nothing broke when
the codebase was transferred from Adobe to Apache.
>
>
>
> And btw, the link to the information about my brief is preso is here -
> http://www.flashinto.com
>
>
>
> Thanks again
>
>
>
> -Edward
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Edward J. Apostol
>
> Consultant & Instructor - Web, RIAs and Mobile
>
> Toronto, ON Canada
>
> E: ed@edapostol.com
>
>
>
>
Re: Apache Flex AIR Installer ( was RE: [OT] Introduction and some
quick questions)
Posted by Om <bi...@gmail.com>.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention that the very first time, you need to run "ant
get-as3commons.swc" from the installer directory. This will download the
required swc and save it to libs folder after which you are set to go.
I will make sure that this goes in the readme file.
Thanks,
Om
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Edward J. Apostol <ed...@edapostol.com>wrote:
> Hello Om
>
> I just wanted to follow up on your links to the common and installer
> projects you mentioned below, when I attempt to use them in Flash Builder
> (after putting together the SDK) I had some missing references to the
> Zip/ZipEvent and ZipFile classes.
>
> import org.as3commons.zip.Zip;
> import org.as3commons.zip.ZipEvent;
> import org.as3Commons.zip.ZipFile;
>
>
> So I downloaded it from
> http://www.as3commons.org/as3-commons-zip/index.html. Things seem to clear
> up after that for the installer.
>
>
> Edward J. Apostol
> Consultant & Instructor - Web, RIAs and Mobile
> Toronto, ON Canada
> E : ed@edapostol.com
> M: (647) 899-8235
> F : (647) 436-7449
> Twitter: @edwardjapostol
> Web : http://about.me/edwardapostol
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: omuppi1@gmail.com [mailto:omuppi1@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Om
> Sent: August-28-12 3:45 PM
> To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org; ed@edapostol.com
> Subject: Re: [OT] Introduction and some quick questions
>
> >
> > (From Om)
> >
> > I see that your presentation is tomorrow evening. For the short term,
> > it would be best to download the latest source from here:
> >
> >
> >
> > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/flex/utilities/trunk/instal
> > ler
> >
> > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/flex/utilities/trunk/common
> >
> >
> >
> > You can compile it on your machine and run it locally. It should work
> > fine for your presentation. The codebase is pretty much locked and
> > this is what we will be cutting a release from.
> >
> >
> >
> > And you could take this opportunity to perhaps walk through how to
> > checkout code from Apache Flex, set up on your machine, compile it
> > etc. You could show the devs how easy it is to get up and running.
> > Maybe some of them will get inspired to help out Apache Flex as well.
> >
> >
> >
> > Just a thought :-)
> >
> > *I am actually going to go through this process (a little quickly) and
> > maybe do some inspirational talk to. BTW you know I am also a yoga
> > teacher and om is quite a common phrase in those circles. J
> >
> >
> :-)
>
>
> >
> >
> > If anyone has comments on the other questions as well that would be
> great!
> >
> >
> >
> > 3) I've seen some threads here regarding unit testing - is there
> going
> >
> > to be some support or foundation for using Apache Flex with FlexUnit
> > or other unit testing systems?
> >
> > Michael Labriola - the father of FlexUnit ;) has mentioned on this
> > list
> that he will be donating FlexUnit to Apache Flex soon. You can see this
> discussion for more details:
> http://markmail.org/thread/477zkj3bmmk2a33d
>
>
> >
> > 4) What is currently being worked on in terms of feature support
> that
> >
> > for example the Flash Player has that Apache Flex has yet to implement?
> >
> > video for example? Components?
> >
>
> I haven't seen any relevant discussions on the list about this.
>
>
> >
> >
> > 5) (Last one for now) I'll be using Andrew Tryce's example to
> showcase
> >
> > functional Flex 4.8 demos. I also have older demos to illustrate basic
> > functionality (from Flex 4.5). Are there any other demos that can be
> > used to illustrate anything unique about the 4.8 build that can be
> > used for demonstration purposes?
> >
> >
> >
> Apache Flex 4.8 is a parity release, i.e. it is exactly the same as Adobe
> Flex 4.6. So, there are no new features. The user community will
> hopefully
> proactively switch to Apache Flex 4.8 and make sure that nothing broke when
> the codebase was transferred from Adobe to Apache.
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > And btw, the link to the information about my brief is preso is here -
> > http://www.flashinto.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks again
> >
> >
> >
> > -Edward
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Edward J. Apostol
> >
> > Consultant & Instructor - Web, RIAs and Mobile
> >
> > Toronto, ON Canada
> >
> > E: ed@edapostol.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>