Platform: Windows (other platforms)
Version: Alpha 0.6.1
Release date: March 1, 2016

Status

This alpha version is deprecated - It is no longer able to validate FSDL documents based on FSDL 3.0 - find the latest Windows version

This version of Frogans Player for Developers embeds version 0.6.1 of the FSDL Software Library (alpha).

Note: Frogans Player for Developers (alpha) is a preliminary version provided on an "as is" basis. The OP3FT cannot guarantee that the rendering performed by this alpha version will be compatible down to the last pixel with the rendering performed by the release version of Frogans Player.

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Intended audience

Frogans Player for Developers (alpha) is intended for developers wishing to contribute to the development of the FSDL language and Frogans Player by creating and testing their first Frogans sites using FSDL 3.0.

This Frogans Player version is not intended for the general public.

Any contribution to the development of the Frogans technology, in any form, is considered as acceptance of the Frogans Technology Development Contributor Policy and the commitments it contains, without restriction or reserve.

Feedback sought

This alpha version represents an opportunity for developers to participate in the development of the Frogans technology.

To post questions or suggestions, or to report errors relating to the FSDL language or to this Frogans Player version, subscribe free of charge to the Early-questions mailing list. Please prefix the subject of any posts you make to this list concerning FSDL 3.0 with "[FSDL]" and prefix the subject of any posts concerning Frogans Player for Developers with "[FP-Dev]".

The OP3FT is looking for feedback from the developer community in two key areas:

Your feedback can concern either a given platform (Windows, MacOS X, or Linux) or all platforms.

Requirements

Operating System versions currently supported:

Hardware resources:

Release information

This version allows you to create and test Frogans sites under development whose Frogans slides are stored locally on your workstation. The address of your Frogans site under development must start with Test*.

This version implements the graphical elements of FSDL 3.0.
It does not implement dynamic elements of FSDL.

The following elements are available for testing: <frogans-fsdl>, <file>, <resimage>, <respixels>, <resdraw>, <respath>, <setfont>, <font>, <restext>, <text>, <setfilter>, <filter>, <setrelief>, <relief>, <setshadow>, <shadow>, <resmerge>, <merge>, <layer>, <button>, and <next>.

This version does not manage Frogans slide rendering constraints (intended to ensure useability for end-users), which are currently under discussion.

Future versions of Frogans Player for Developers will implement dynamic elements of FSDL and will allow you to host your Frogans sites under development on the server of your choice.

Change log:

Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.6.1:

Known issues (as of March 1, 2016):

Download

Instructions

For a video presentation on the FSDL language and how to create Frogans slides, watch the FSDL tutorials given during the Frogans Technology Conference 5, available at conference.frogans.org. For additional resources related to FSDL 3.0, including a recap and extracts of the technical specification, see FSDL 3.0 resources

You can also find inspiration and help in tutorials created by third parties, such as frogans-lab.com (in English). The OP3FT welcomes such initiatives!

To create and test your own Frogans sites using Frogans Player for Developers, follow these steps:

  1. Download and decompress the archive on your system. A Frogans Player directory is created with the name of the archive.
  2. Open the Frogans Player directory and execute Frogans Player for Developers. A small, movable yellow circle representing Frogans Player is displayed in the center of the screen.
    Note: if Frogans Player for Developers does not start or launch correctly, check whether your antivirus software is blocking the program or waiting for a confirmation. It has been reported that Avast! under Windows 10 prevents the program from launching correctly unless you disable the "scan program when executing" option. An Extended Validation certificate (EV) might solve this problem. This solution is currently being tested for Windows.
  3. Select "Open a Frogans site..." from the Frogans Player contextual menu and enter the following test Frogans address: Test*helloworld. The corresponding sample Frogans site appears, which you can move, resize, and navigate.
  4. Use the Frogans site contextual menu to reload the current Frogans slide (i.e. page of the Frogans site) or close the Frogans site. In order to display the Frogans site in the 640x480 resolution of the rendering canvas, disable the scaling factor (option for developers only in the Frogans site contextual menu).
  5. Each Frogans site is made up of one or more Frogans slides. The Frogans slides of a Frogans site (i.e. the FSDL documents and their auxiliary files) are stored in a specific directory called the Frogans site root directory. In this version of Frogans Player for Developers, Frogans site root directories can be located either locally on your system, or remotely on an HTTP server on the Internet.
    For example, the Frogans site root directory of the sample Frogans site corresponding to the test Frogans address Test*helloworld is located locally in the "helloworld" subdirectory of the "test" directory of the Frogans Player directory.
  6. To create and test your own Frogans site with the test Frogans address Test*sitename, edit the configuration-for-testing.xml file in the Frogans Player directory. This configuration file is used to set test Frogans addresses for use with Frogans Player for Developers. The "sitename" of your test Frogans address can contain up to 28 ASCII characters in the range from 'a' to 'z', from '0' to '9' inclusive, and the '-' character (no spaces allowed). For further information, read the comments in the configuration file.
  7. You can create and test as many Frogans sites as you wish. The number of Frogans slides in a Frogans site is unlimited. The Frogans site root directory can contain subdirectories.
  8. To modify an FSDL document, edit the corresponding file in your favorite text editor that supports XML (and remember to reload the Frogans slide afterwards). We suggest that you use the .fsdl extension for the file names of your static FSDL documents.

Frogans Player for Developers [noinstall]
Version: alpha0.6.1-win32

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The Software must be used in compliance with the Frogans Technology User Policy, accessible at the following permanent URL: https://www.frogans.org/en/resources/ftup/access.html.

By downloading and using the Software, you agree to and undertake to be bound by the version in force of the Frogans Technology User Policy.

Sample Frogans sites included in the "test" directory located in the Frogans Player directory are provided by the OP3FT to help you create your own Frogans sites. You are free to use, copy, distribute, modify, adapt, or share these sample Frogans sites.

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