Thanks guys, these are all great bits of information! It gives you hope when you've been in love with Flash and Actionscript for so many years. While Flash certainly isn't dead and won't be for a while in my opinion given the current state of browsers, industry talent and HTML5 technologies, it seems smart to start looking at other ways to code - if anything for job security. I'm sure Flash and Flex jobs have taken a hit recently. My main beef a about HTML5 technologies, besides the lack of good tooling, is just how OOP in Javascript is either emulated or very weak. I think Javascript, despite all the great third party libraries and options out there, is just too old and outdated for my tastes.
Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect II Bank of America Global Learning _______________________ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt Perkins Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:16 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Switching to HaXe? There's NME for haXe that fully replicates the Flash display list. I'm still looking into all of it but it seems pretty sweet. It'll allow you to target SWF, native c++, HTML5, iOS. Http://www.haxenme.org -- Matt Perkins ----------------- http://www.nudoru.com On Nov 29, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Kevin Newman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or proprietary. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, and then please delete and destroy all copies and attachments, and be advised that any review or dissemination of, or the taking of any action in reliance on, the information contained in or attached to this message is prohibited. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Sender. Subject to applicable law, Sender may intercept, monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems and may produce any such EC to regulators, law enforcement, in litigation and as required by law. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or free of errors or viruses. References to "Sender" are references to any subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation. Securities and Insurance Products: * Are Not FDIC Insured * Are Not Bank Guaranteed * May Lose Value * Are Not a Bank Deposit * Are Not a Condition to Any Banking Service or Activity * Are Not Insured by Any Federal Government Agency. Attachments that are part of this EC may have additional important disclosures and disclaimers, which you should read. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.bankofamerica.com/emaildisclaimer. By messaging with Sender you consent to the foregoing. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
