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So if I understand the appeal of Haxe, it's basically a high level language that compiles down to other languages?
If you’re curious about successful projects built with Haxe, Google “Friday Night Funkin”! It’s a delightful Flash game revival that combines elements of DDR and PaRappa the Rapper. It’s open source and has been blowing up lately.
Very happy with it! The main benefit for me is that once I want to go to other platforms, even game consoles, I can do that without much hassle.
I used to be an avid Python developer, and thought that language was really undervalued. Now I have the same feeling about Haxe.
When people ask me what language I use for RPG Playground, and I say Haxe, they have no idea what I'm talking about. I always mention that Dead Cells is also built in Haxe, and the it's "ah I know that one".
Expect big things for Haxe!
If you’re curious about successful projects built with Haxe, Google “Friday Night Funkin”! It’s a delightful Flash game revival that combines elements of DDR and PaRappa the Rapper. It’s open source and has been blowing up lately.
So if I understand the appeal of Haxe, it's basically a high level language that compiles down to other languages?
Yup! With its JavaScript and JVM targets, it simultaneously manages to be a better TypeScript than TypeScript and a better Kotlin than Kotlin.
Kotlin has JVM, Native and JS targets. And as a language it is much better than Haxe, I would be careful about such statements.
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Yup! With its JavaScript and JVM targets, it simultaneously manages to be a better TypeScript than TypeScript and a better Kotlin than Kotlin.
> better Kotlin than Kotlin Kotlin has JVM, Native and JS targets. And as a language it is much better than Haxe, I would be careful about such statements.
(I have no opinion on the argument, never having used either language. I just found the rhetoric funny.)
I ported my https://rpgplayground.com from ActionScript3 to Haxe several years ago. (It's an RPG Maker for the web). Very happy with it! The main benefit for me is that once I want to go to other platforms, even game consoles, I can do that without much hassle. I used to be an avid Python developer, and thought that language was really undervalued. Now I have the same feeling about Haxe. When people ask me what langu…
i think typescript has stolen the thunder for web development, but in an alternative universe where typescript didn't exist, i say haxe would be the better altnernative over javascript for web frontend, and possibly, backend as well.
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> better Kotlin than Kotlin Kotlin has JVM, Native and JS targets. And as a language it is much better than Haxe, I would be careful about such statements.
Hmm. Did you just make an equal but opposite statement, while cautioning against making just such a statement in the very same sentence? (I have no opinion on the argument, never having used either language. I just found the rhetoric funny.)
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Yup! With its JavaScript and JVM targets, it simultaneously manages to be a better TypeScript than TypeScript and a better Kotlin than Kotlin.
> better Kotlin than Kotlin Kotlin has JVM, Native and JS targets. And as a language it is much better than Haxe, I would be careful about such statements.
In practice, there are things about Haxe I miss in Kotlin, but also things about Kotlin I miss in Haxe. Just to name a few examples:
- I'm missing Haxe's pattern matching and macros in Kotlin
- I'm missing Kotlin's level of IDE support and robust null safety (with ?: and ?. operators) in Haxe
(Haxe does have experimental opt-in null safety, but it doesn't seem production-ready yet)