If you don't know it yet, Haxe is quite like the Ring: one language to rule them all.
- This single language can target a vast number of platforms : Flash, JS, HTML5, Neko, C++...
- The syntax is easy to learn yet incredibly flexible (with the mystical ancient powers of macros),
- It heavily uses Type Inference, which is a complicated word to say the language is intelligent and can guess the types of variables you use, even if you don't specify it (ex. var a=5, ok that's an integer, so if you try a="test" few lines later, the compiler will pop an error ; yes I'm looking at you javascript..)
- With NME, the language can now target easily mobile devices with great results and performances.
Try it :)
First, I am a fan of your games - and timelapse videos.
ReplyDeleteI have tried to "play" with Haxe a little bit but while it seems really awesome (as your ability to make games so fast shows) it seems to be a bit unstable in some regards - documentation is sparse, existing editors in Mac are a bit fussy to work with, and cross-platform support (NME) is a bit of a confusing topic.
I think if the Haxe foundation invested in publishing some learning tools/books to streamline a bit the process, Haxe would become more accessible also to people that cannot afford the time to learn by trial and error. I think so many people would be interested that even a crowdfunding option would make a lot of sense.
That is also why tools like HaxeFlixel will help the popularity of the platform a lot - the kind of tutorials they have is exactly the kind of tutorial people need to get started on a platform.
You are absolutely right :)
DeleteThe lack of proper documentation and tutorials is what Haxe needs right now to go further. I also hope that the foundation will help in that way.
Thanks for replying! Meanwhile, I will keep "playing" with Haxe whenever I can - the platform deserves the time.
ReplyDeleteBonjour,
ReplyDeleteJuste une petite question à propos d'Haxe, "compiler" avec Haxe permet "simplement" de générer un fichier dans le langage cible ? Il faut ensuite compiler le/les fichiers obtenus ( si c'est un langage compilé ) pour obtenir le résultat ?
Merci de cette petite réponse ;)
Bon courage!
Bonjour,
DeleteNon, Haxe génère bien directement le "binaire" du langage cible (un SWF par exemple pour du flash).