As a language it can export the same code to AVM2 (and AVM1 I think)
bytecode, and JavaScript (and C++ etc.) - but it doesn't do any
emulation of Flash's APIs (I'm pretty sure). You have to code to
whatever platform you are targetting. It's kind of like Joa's Project
Hiddenwood in that way (based on a cursory look at it), except it
compiles from HaXe instead of Java. HaXe also has their own Stage3D
shader language, which is neat.
There's also Jangaroo, which actually does have a Flash API that is
built on core HTML tech (the display list is written in AS3 using AS3
based HTML/JS wrapper classes), and compiles from AS3 to JS. You don't
have to use the Flash APIs with Jangaroo though, and can code directly
to some Javascript API if you wanted to - you can also access the
Jangaroo AS3 classes from JavaScript directly. Pretty neat, but it can
be difficult to set up. If you don't pack the Flash API libs, Jangaroo
comes with a super svelte (4KB) runtime to do the AS3 language emulation
(property access/inheritance/etc), and the generated JavaScript runs
crazy fast, and can even be edited (even if you would never code like
that directly).
Kevin N.
On 11/29/11 11:04 AM, Merrill, Jason wrote:
Thinking of starting to learn haXe to produce OOP apps and export as Javascript
for HTML 5 apps. Checked it out years ago, but decided against it since it was
not part of the normal ecosystem and would have to be sharing code with
non-haXe AS3 developers. But not thinking of the future, I am more interested
in it given what's happening with Adobe and HTML5. Anyone done that and does it
work well for that? Can you have a single source base and export for AS3 apps
and Javascript for HTML 5 or are there caveats?
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