Re: [Adobe-source-devel] Interest in ASL

[Robert D. <rcd...@gm...>]

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Robert Dailey <rcd...@gm...> wrote:

> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Marshall Clow <mar...@id...> wrote:
>
>> Guys --
>>
>> I'm really enjoying this conversation, but it's hard to follow only one
>> side.
>> Only Sean's posts are showing up on the "Adobe-source-devel" list.
>
>
> Sorry, I was unsubscribed from the list for some reason.
>

So everything we've discussed so far seems to make sense, and now I need to
get around to writing a prototype of my own. So far I have two main
roadblocks:

First, I need to figure out layouts. I need to figure out things like what
are all of the parameters possible for every single type of widget you can
create, as well as any other layout-related functions like "column" and
"row". I did find a wiki
article<http://stlab.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Layout_Terminology>that
seems to discuss this, but the formatting of the documentation there
is
rather weird and doesn't seem very thorough. What's the best way to figure
out all of this information? In a way, layouts and sheets are like their own
API's in a different language from C++, and having a good reference
documentation for these APIs would be helpful.

Secondly, I need to start writing some C++ eventually. I need to figure out
where the boundary between the Expression language and C++ is, as well as
the responsibilities of both. Can you recommend some good tutorials or
example applications that contain both layout, sheets, and C++? I expect to
see small programs that implement things like a simple calculator and can be
compiled from visual studio and executed for testing.

Thanks.