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Apache Flex and the imperfect Web
The document discusses Apache Flex and its evolution, emphasizing the concept of the 'imperfect web' and various technologies involved in web development. It outlines the goals for enhancing Apache Flex, highlights the application development procedure, and mentions personal surveys and architectural patterns relevant to Flex projects. The author also reflects on the potential future of web technologies and the importance of coding standards and sustainable practices in development.
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- 1. Apache Flex ... …and the imperfect Web Presented by Sebastian Mohr July 5th 2012, Berlin
- 2. About me ● HTML / Javascript Developer (2000 - 2006) ● Flex Developer since Summer 2006 ● Mate, Robotlegs, Parsley, Spring AS, Swiz ● Study of Cognitive Science, Osnabrueck ● W3C Fan, Semantic Web, Open Web Technologies ● Apache Flex PPMC since November 2011 Homepage: http://www.masuland.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/masuland LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/masuland
- 3. The imperfect Web GaryOldman explains why “Graffiti“ - or the “imperfect Web“ respectively - is great for the world ... Watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt1W0F0yObg
- 4. The imperfect Webis: ● Webbrowsers: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera ● Markups: XHTML, SVG, SMIL, MXML (Flex), XAML (Silverlight), FXML (JavaFX), WebGL, X3D, XForm, XPath, XML, XSLT, XQuery, RDF, OWL, ... ● Script-Engines: ECMAScript, Javascript, Actionscript, JScript ● Ajax & JS-Libs: JQuery, ExtJS, Dojo, Prototype, MochiKit, PhoneGap, Rhomobile, Sencha, ... ● Devices: Desktop, Mobile, TV ● Mobile OS: iOS, Android, Windows Mobile
- 5. Web History (2005- 2011) Read article: http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/WhatsWrongWithFlex
- 6. The Web Today HTML / Flashplayer Silverlight 5 Java Javascript 11 (Applets) Runtime Dependent on GPU support GPU support, GPU support, Features Web Browser Multithreading Multithreading Markup XHTML 1.1, FXG 2.0, MXML XAML FXML Language HTML5, SVG Scripting Javascript Actionscript JScript Java, JRuby, Language Groovy Interaction Adobe Muse, Adobe Flash Microsoft JavaFX Scene Design Tools Adobe Edge, Catalyst, Adobe Expression Builder Adobe Proto Flash Pro Blend Developer Eclipse, Adobe Adobe Flash Microsoft Visual Eclipse Tools Dreamweaver Pro, Adobe Studio Flash Builder Read article: http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/WhatsWrongWithFlex
- 7. Thank you Timfor ... +++ HTTP +++ www.domain.com http://www.emca-international.org --- HTML http://www.w3c.org Tim Berners-Lee, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee
- 8. Flash Everywhere? ● Adobe AIR 4+ for Mobile ● Flashplayer 12+ with Multithreading and better GPU- support ● Flashplayer 12+ great for Flash- Games and Apache Flex ● Adobe Open Screen Project? ● Faster Mobile-CPUs each year → Flashplayer 12+ for Mobile again? ● Flash-2-HTML Converter?
- 9. What should weoccupy? Occupy Wallstreet http://www.occupywallst.org Occupy Flash & Occupy HTML 5 http://www.occupyflash.org http://www.occupyhtml.org Occupy W3C & Occupy ECMA Int. Not occupied yet: Not occupied yet: http://www.w3c.org http://www.emca-international.org Read article: http://masuland.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/where-could-flash-coding-be-in-the-year-2050/
- 10. Where is ApacheFlex in 2050? ● Apache Flex might not be necessary if: ● Single Webbrowser / Webengine (Webkit?) ● RIA-HTML (Audio, Video, 3D, Text) (HTML 6?) ● Binary HTML (like SWF?) ● Semantic Web interface included into HTML ● Stronger Javascript / ECMAScript - Engine – Typed Objects – Packages / OOP Read article: http://masuland.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/where-could-flash-coding-be-in-the-year-2050/
- 11. Spoon Foundation Ecosystem Seepresentation by Justin Mclean: https://docs.google.com/presentation/pub?id=1SsVcr2SLkBJMXk1N6U3-HpxloSUUa4pBX-2f4GrRL5M#slide=id.p57
- 12. Personal Survey (1) Which Model-View-Controller (MVC) Microarchitectures have you used in your Flex projects? See personal survey: http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/Statistics
- 13. Personal Survey (2) Howmany MXML files do you have in your latest Flex projects? See personal survey: http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/Statistics
- 14. Goals for ApacheFlex ● Strengthening large-scale Flex applications ● Highly productive and fast development environment ● Flex code should be easily mergeable across different flex projects worldwide ● Flex code should be based on coding standards ● Flex code should be sustainable and easily maintainable ● There should be more highly skilled Flex Developers around ● Developer tools should be easy to be used and should help the designer/developer to be more productive ● The Flashplayer - "Actionscript Virtual Machine" (AVM) respectively - should be as powerful as the "Java Virtual Machine" (JVM) ● The Adobe Flash Catalyst should be as powerful as Microsoft Expression Blend Read article: http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/WhatsWrongWithFlex
- 15. Masuland „Login Example“for Web, Desktop and Mobile See code examples: http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/LoginExample
- 16. Is coding „fun“? At the beginning … probably true! ● Coding is work ● Goal-Driven Development … work, work, work, work, work, work -> HAPPY ● Social-Driven Development – mental hygiene & social hygiene ● An architecture often proves its quality at the end of the project ● Desirable: Less frustrations and high success/motivation while working on bugs and features of your app ● The more features in your app, the more dependencies you have to deal with ● Testability of your code ● Optimal development environment and configuration ● Anarchy vs. coding conventions / design patterns ● Artistic freedom of your software engineers
- 17. Apache Flex Layers Readarticle: http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/WhatsWrongWithFlex
- 18. Architectural Pattern / Nanoarchitectures See Nanoarchitectures: http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/Nanoarchitecture
- 19. Application Development Procedure 1. Application Code that shows the working application with source code available 2. Specification Document which explains the purpose of the application and collects all its requirements 3. Application Coding Standard which consists of a collection of Architectural Patterns and underlying Coding Conventions in the code 3.1. Architectural Patterns just like "Model-View- Controller" (MVC), "Model-View-Presenter" (MVP), "Presentation Model" (PM) ... etc. 3.2. Coding Conventions on the basis of Flex 3 or Flex 4 Read definition page: http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/ApplicationDevelopmentProcedure
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- 22. References ● Apache Flex Community Revue July 2012, http://www.spoon.as/2012/apache-revue-july-2012/ ● Apache Flex 4.8 Release Candidate, http://people.apache.org/~cframpton/ApacheFlexRC/current/ ● Apache Flex News, http://incubator.apache.org/flex/news.html ● Apache Flex Wiki, https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Apache+Flex+(incubating)+Wiki ● Apache Flex Mailing Lists, http://incubator.apache.org/flex/mailing-lists.html ● Apache Flex JIRA, https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX ● Apache Flex Blog, http://blogs.apache.org/flex/ ● Adobe Flex, http://sourceforge.net/adobe/flexsdk/wiki/About/ ● Adobe Flex Roadmap, http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/whitepapers/roadmap.html ● Adobe Flashplayer Roadmap, http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplatform/whitepapers/roadmap.html ● Masuland „Login Example“, http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/LoginExample