@David: You can render HTML5 in openGL with Haxe/OpenFL. OpenGL is default on all teh native targets, the html5 target is still not 100% there, but there's a new backend for it which has improved things massively. Bitmap animation is no problem, either using OpenFL or the createJS extensions if you just want to ttarget JS.
You can compile your Haxe code to AS3, not just to a swf if you want. Coming from AS3 their are tools to convert your AS3 to Haxe, in general these are good, but don't expect to port a massive codebase over withtou getting your hands dirty. Yes you can compile to PHP for your server side work, or nodeJS, Neko, C++, C#, Java and there's a Python target too now :) This is my favourite thing abotu Haxe, writing for server and client in the same language. You can communicate via remoting, sockets, whatever, and you use the EXACT SAME classes at either end. Not 2 diff represetations, or a 3rd protocol just to communicate. You can also easily move logic from client to server and back depending on where it fits best etc. It's awesome :) @Cedric: Nice to see you on board the Haxe train! Not seen you in the mailing list? On 22 June 2014 18:15, David Cohn <d...@eyebright.com> wrote: > > Thanks Cedric; looks like it's well worth exploring. Am I right in > believing that you can compile to vanilla PHP code, without the need for > any additional server installations? > > Would love to see your example... > Thanks, > --Dave > > > On Jun 21, 2014, at 9:00 AM, flashcoders-requ...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > wrote: > > > Hi David, > > > > I have been playing with a lot of HaXE, createjs, base html5 canvas and, > of course, Flash these last months. Whatever you can do in AS3, you can do > it with HaXE. And there are some additional benefits, but these are just > developer bonuses. From what I can say, JS+HTML canvas execution performs > really well under some circumstances: you need to accept the 10x assets > file size you will be loading and that the overall performance can hit the > CPU. And forget about the html5 canvas textfields ….. this feels like Flash > 6. > > I hope I can show you my latest work before the end of the week (both in > AS3 and JS) so you can compare. > > > > hth, > > Cedric > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
