A Node.js module to download and "install" the latest open source Apache/Adobe Flex SDK.
npm install jwplayer-flex-sdk
An NPM wrapper for the [Apache Flex SDK][flex/apache/site] / [Adobe Flex SDK][flex/adobe/site].
``shell`
npm install flex-sdk
Or grab the source and
`shell`
npm install .
What this is really doing is just grabbing a particular "blessed" (by this
module) version of the Flex SDK. As new versions of the Apache/Adobe Flex
SDK are released and vetted, this module will be updated accordingly.
The package has been set up to fetch the Flex SDK and run mxmlc for MacOS (darwin),
Linux based platforms (as identified by Node.js), and Windows. If you
spot any platform weirdnesses, let me know or send a patch.
If you intend to _use_ this module after it is installed, almost all of the Flex
SDK binary/executable files have an implicit dependency on Java being installed
on the system _and_ that it is available in the PATH such that it can bejava
invoked just by typing the command .
`shell`
bin/mxmlc [mxmlc arguments]
Check out the [full list of mxmlc command line options][flex/adobe/compiler-options]
for more information.
And npm will install a link to the binary in node_modules/.bin as
it is wont to do.
The package exports an object contains:
- a binDir string which is the path to the "bin" directory of the Flex SDKbin
- a object which contains an entry for each executable included in theflexSdk.bin.mxmlc
"bin" directory of the Flex SDK (e.g. will provide themxmlc
path to the executable).refresh
- a function if you ever need to refresh the bin object (e.g. ifflex-sdk
you have an existing module reference object but then downloaded a
new Flex SDK).
Below is an example of using this package via node.
`js
var childProcess = require('child_process');
var flexSdk = require('flex-sdk');
var binPath = flexSdk.bin.mxmlc;
var childArgs = [
'arguments to pass to mxmlc',
path.join(__dirname, 'fileToCompile.as')
];
childProcess.execFile(binPath, childArgs, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
// handle results
});
`
As such, 4.6.0-0, 4.6.0-1, and 4.6.0-2 will all install Flex SDK v4.6.0 but each
has newer changes to the installer than the previous.
For the full list of available versions, see [FlexSDKs.md][flex/sdk-versions].
) conveniently available.
It is not a Node.js wrapper.
Contributing
In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style.
Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code
using [Grunt][grunt/site].
Release History
- Adobe Flex SDK v4.6.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~4.6.0
- Adobe Flex SDK v4.5.1 → npm install flex-sdk@~4.5.1
- Adobe Flex SDK v4.5.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~4.5.0
- Adobe Flex SDK v4.1.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~4.1.0
- Adobe Flex SDK v4.0.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~4.0.0
- Adobe Flex SDK v3.6.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~3.6.0
- Adobe Flex SDK v3.5.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~3.5.0
- Adobe Flex SDK v3.4.1 → npm install flex-sdk@~3.4.1
- Adobe Flex SDK v3.4.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~3.4.0
- Adobe Flex SDK v3.3.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~3.3.0
- Adobe Flex SDK v3.2.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~3.2.0
- Adobe Flex SDK v3.1.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~3.1.0
- Adobe Flex SDK v3.0.1 → npm install flex-sdk@~3.0.1
- Adobe Flex SDK v3.0.0 → npm install flex-sdk@~3.0.0`[flex/apache/site]: http://flex.apache.org/index.html "Apache Flex"
[flex/adobe/site]: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex.html "Adobe Flex"
[flex/adobe/compiler-options]: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=compilers_14.html "mxmlc command line options"
[flex/sdk-versions]: https://github.com/JamesMGreene/node-flex-sdk/blob/master/FlexSDKs.md "Flex SDK version list"
[grunt/site]: (http://gruntjs.com/) "Grunt"