Some questions

[nicolaichuk]

We are a gamedev team. We are looking for a replacement GWT in libgdx.

I would like to know:

1. How often do you plan to release gdx-dragome-backend?

2. Can use gdx-dragome-backend in production code?

[xpenatan]

1: When I have time I plan to keep it updated. Sometimes I need to wait for @fpetrola to fix some bugs I find. Building with gradle is in early stage. https://github.com/xpenatan/gdx-shadertoy is a example with gradle which I made a fatjar which packs dragomeSDK+dependencies and dragomebackend into 1 jar.
Bullet extension is a bit different from libgdx bullet. I manually create java/jni classes and js code block which calls javascript when its generated (not everything is done. Need time for this). You may ask why I just dont use the JNI generator libgdx is because its 2 much hack to do just a single change to config file to fix some memory leaks I found in java/jni gen. code.

2: Its apache 2.0 (same as libgdx) Do what ever you want =D

[nicolaichuk]

Thanks for the answer.

its 2 much hack to do just a single change to config file to fix some memory leaks

Possible detail please?

2: Its apache 2.0 (same as libgdx) Do what ever you want =D

I mean, how stable is gdx-dragome-backend for production use?

[fpetrola]

Hi @nicolaichuk,

Thanks for the answer.

its 2 much hack to do just a single change to config file to fix some memory leaks

Possible detail please?

2: Its apache 2.0 (same as libgdx) Do what ever you want =D

I mean, how stable is gdx-dragome-backend for production use?

I can answer about Dragome in terms of generated code production use:

1. Performance: generated code is as much faster as GWT performance, we've made several tests for example over jsurfer renderer GWT/Dragome versions, jbox2d, libgdx backends, gameengine.
2. Memory leaks: there are no memory leaks detected for now.
3. Distribution package size: It can be optimized using Proguard config for creating a very tiny version eliminating unused code.
4. Obfuscation: It can also be configured (by proguard config) to obfuscate classes to avoid source code decompilation.
5. Modules: As Dragome supports reflection it can supports modular addons to be develop by 3rd ones and be included in final app without core recompilation.

[xpenatan]

Possible detail please?

There are methods that allocate objects every time you call them instead of caching them.
I figured it out when using jProfiler and profiling my editor. I tried to cache it but changing the config files wasn't easy so I preferred to manually code it so I know that every method is good. Its the same idea as gdx box2d wrapper where you use comment block to call JNI. I adapted it so I can add another block for javascript calls so it will generate/copy all classes using that block.

Obfuscation: It can also be configured (by proguard config) to obfuscate classes to avoid source code decompilation.

Obfuscation is possible ( I did it before) but we need to take a look at it to make it work again. it requires some change to the compiler execution order.

[nicolaichuk]

Thanks for the answer. I will think about it.

[nicolaichuk]

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