FlatAero

FlatAero is an open source project that would allow people to read flatbuffer payloads from the server/files. This is built by the help of the amazing community of PixelogicDev.

Tech

The following project would preferable only import flatbuffers, meaning we would be building it completely on apples frameworks. A bit ambitions but I think it can be done until we get to the console^2 part.

Architecture:

• MVP (Model view presenter)

we would be using:

• NSOperations for async code
• SwiftUI/Cocoa for UI
• Use PDFs for resources, which makes everything scalable

Baby steps

Build a macOS app, that would read the fbs file and the input stream and convert it to (JSON/FLAT^1). the initial design can be found in first

• Import a fbs file and the input stream (bin/mon) files
• build the (JSON/FLAT^1) file from that input stream

END GOAL:

• Building a macOS application that would be able to create requests to servers

• Be Able to read flatbuffers binary data and decode it into a readable object (JSON/FLAT^1).

• Able to allow the developer that's using it to create his/her own objects using a built in console^2.

REFERENCES

1: FLAT

FLAT is going to be a decoding style where we would be able to do something like this

- start: Monster
   - name: "Fred"
   - friendly: false
   - vec: Vec3
      - x: 1
      - y: 2
      - z: 3
   - color: red

2: Console

Console would be able to parse (swift || js) to allow the user to build their own objects

challenges:

• Create the fbs objects in swift/js and expose them to the enviroment in real time (makes js seem easier for this feature)

How to Contribute

• Use the Apple Swift Style Guide. or, try to stay true to the existing code of the project.
• Write a descriptive commit message.
• If your PR consists of multiple commits which are successive improvements / fixes to your first commit, use (git rebase -i)!