Potomac Framework

Potomac Ant Task Released

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:04:57 +0000

After a long wait, we’ve released the custom Ant tasks to allow you to build Potomac applications from the command line or during a continuous integration build. This is part of the new build we just posted (release notes).

Running the Ant task is complicated by the need to use a custom, patched version of the Flex SDK. The method we’re using to build Potomac project is the Flex Compiler Extensions. Unfortunately that feature is missing an important API for us and we’ve had to patch it to add this feature. You can help by voting on this bug in the Adobe bug database:

https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/ASC-4061

Instructions on running the new Ant tasks can be found here:

http://www.potomacframework.org/documentation/building-with-ant/

As always, use the forums to report problems and ask for help (we know this is complicated so we expect some questions).

New Build: Example projects fixed, bootstrapping refactored

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:14:38 +0000

A new build of Potomac is available from the downloads page. Importantly this new build fixes an issue where the paths in the example projects where causing headaches. This new build also includes a refactoring of Potomac’s bootstrapping code. This change helps (among other things) those who want to run a bootstrapped Potomac instance for unit testing but don’t want to run a full blown Potomac UI.

Please see the release notes.

Potomac on InfoQ’s Enterprise Flex Frameworks Panel

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:45:24 +0000

Check out the latest RIA article from InfoQ.com:

Virtual Panel: State of the Art in Enterprise Flex Frameworks

Potomac is featured as are other well known Flex frameworks like Swiz, SpringAS, Mate, FlourineFx, and RestFulX.

Potomac and the Eclipse Foundation

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:14:32 +0000

As we’ve mentioned many times, Potomac is heavily inspired by Eclipse. Eclipse’s focus on modularity (particularly OSGi) and enterprise applications has made modular development in Java much simpler. Potomac is our attempt to do the same for Flex applications.

Considering this close heritage, it only makes sense that we’ve just proposed bring Potomac to Eclipse.org. Many developers may not realize, but Eclipse is much more than just an IDE for Java development. Of course, its the underpinning of Flash Builder, but Eclipse.org also hosts a variety of like-minded projects. This is comparable to Apache (which contains the Apache web server, Tomcat, Ant, Maven, and many more).

You can read the Eclipse Potomac proposal here:
http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/potomac/

Eclipse proposals have to go through a process of vetting and finally voting by Eclipse council members. We feel confident that Eclipse will accept Potomac and we’ll be brought into the Eclipse fold. What does this mean for the future of Potomac? Only good things. We’ll gain better visibility through the high traffic Eclipse websites and mailing lists. We’ll make use of the Eclipse infrastructure for things like source repositories, forums, bug tracking, and more. Importantly, it will also lend a bit of confidence about the IP questions that invariable arise when large companies adopt open source projects. Eclipse has a very comprehensive IP review and approval policy. Overall, we’re very excited about being part of Eclipse and what effect that will have on helping push Potomac forward.

New Build – Dynamic bundle loading and lots more

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:25:06 +0000

One of the most significant new releases of Potomac is now available for download. New features include dynamic bundle loading, enhanced preloader support, SourceMate integration, and more. The dynamic bundle loading has been a long planned feature that brings alot of exciting new potential for Potomac applications. The build contains a new example application that demonstrates this feature (along with the new preloading support).

Check out the release notes and download the new build.

New Build – Source control system integration

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:47:34 +0000

We’ve just put the finishing touches on a release to ease the pain of using Potomac together with source control systems. Previously, the files automatically generated by Potomac would cause source control systems to request merges unnecessarily. With this new build those issues should be resolved.

Read the release notes and download the new build.

Another New Build

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:16:38 +0000

We’ve uploaded another new build of Potomac. This build includes a fix for a long standing (and frustrating) issue where the Potomac builder froze intermittently. Also included is a new preference page that allows users to configure which metadata tags Potomac should ignore. The default list of ignored tags has been updated as well. [Release Notes]

New Build (Flex 4 only)

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:21:24 +0000

There’s a new drop of Potomac. Specifically, this build resolves some memory issues encountered when building large projects (many bundles). There are few other changes. Read the release notes.

Flex 3 and Flex 4 support

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:51:46 +0000

We’re ramping up development on Potomac after a bit of a lull. Probably like most of you, we’re excited by the new stuff coming in Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4. We’ve talked to alot of you guys using Potomac and it seems most everyone is using Flex 4 currently or plans to shortly after its released. So we’re considering droping support for Potomac on Flex 3. This would mean that you’d need to use Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4 to develop with Potomac.

If you’re using Flex 3 and don’t plan on upgrading to Flex 4 anytime soon, and don’t want us to drop support – speak now. Leave a comment on this post and let us know. If we don’t hear from anyone, then we’ll proceed with a Flex 4 only Potomac.

Potomac on TheFlexShow

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:13:07 +0000

You can hear Chris Gross (the architect of Potomac) discuss how Potomac came to be and other cool stuff at TheFlexShow podcast.

http://www.theflexshow.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/13/The-Flex-Show-Episode-95–Chris-Gross-talking-about-the-Potomac-Framework