Re: [Asapframework-support] AS3 Version?

[Stephan B. <be...@xs...>]

Owen van Dijk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I asked the question a little over 6 months ago and i see a bit of
> activity on SVN. What's the roadmap for ASAP in AS3? I'm about to
> start a big project in AS3 and i'm looking into frameworks, ASAP being
> my preference :)
>
>   
Hi Owen,

We have indeed started on conversion of the framework to AS3. This is 
placed in a branche in Subversion.
Here at Lost Boys we're also in the process of transitioning to AS3, so 
you can expect updates of the new framework pretty soon.

However, this is more than just conversion of existing classes, since 
the new language & player classes provide us with so much more 
functionality that we previously had to provide for ourselves. Among the 
classes that have disappeared, are Event, EventMovieClip& 
EventDispatcher. Also the EventButton base class, with its coupling to 
the LocalController, seems to have lost its need because of the new 
bubbling of events.

Of the current packages in the AS3 branch, the package for data handling 
is more or less stable & usable. The ActionQueue is in an extended phase 
of conversion, but doesn't compile with the final release of Flash CS3 
yet. Some tweaking needed there therefore. The FramePulse & FrameDelay 
are also usable.

As soon as we have a set of classes that we deem usable as a whole and 
as a framework, we will release an alpha. After all, the best way to 
test these classes is by using them in projects. Your feedback at that 
stage will be more than welcome :)

As for a time period, we're aiming to start transitioning to AS3 here at 
Lost Boys around august. Development around that time should see a 
significant speedup. But also expect radical changes in interfaces in 
that period, because of all the new stuff in AS3.

Hope this answers your questions! If you have suggestions, feel free to 
contact us.

Yours,
Stephan