Board Report 2018 3

DESCRIPTION

Apache Royale is a new implementation of the principles of Apache Flex but designed for JavaScript runtimes instead of Adobe Flash/AIR runtimes. Apache Royale is designed to improve developer productivity in creating applications for wherever Javascript runs, including browsers as well as Apache Cordova applications, Node, etc.

ISSUES

There are no issues requiring board attention at this time.

RELEASES

• Apache Royale 0.9.0 was released on Jan. 28 2018.
• Apache Royale 0.9.1 was released on Feb. 13 2018.
• Apache Royale 0.9.2 in progress.

ACTIVITY

• We have finished our first release and we're working on releasing often.
• We published convenience binaries to npm.
• Our website in now live with content.
• We have a couple of members who are active promoting Royale using social media.
• A new contributor helped to really move the user documentation forward.
• Our ASDoc (ActionScript Doc just like JavaDoc) also went live. It is a (almost) production Royale app.
• The ASDoc is indexed by Google, something that Flex apps had a hard time doing, so another reason for Flex users to migrate to Royale.
• One PMC member is working hard on the default look-and-feel for Royale apps.
• The compiler was extended to be able to report on API usage in order to understand what Flex dependencies Flex apps might have when migrating.
• Several people are investigating Royale as a way to break their Flex app's dependencies on Flash. One user claims to be about 4 bugs short of finishing his migration.

COMMUNITY

• Andrew Wetmore as added as a committer on Jan. 22 2018.
• No new PMC members yet.
• There are some new names on the user and dev lists. Some of these might have the potential of becoming actively involved.

Mailing list activity:

Both user and dev lists have seen healthy growth:

• users@royale.apache.org:

  • 47 subscribers (up 7 in the last 3 months):
  • 527 emails sent to list (219 in previous quarter)

• dev@royale.apache.org:

  • 68 subscribers (up 14 in the last 3 months):
  • 2100 emails sent to list (1339 in previous quarter)