It's only been three days but haXe seems to be able to use all of AS3 intermingled with haXe syntax, so I'm thinking of it as AS3++. (maybe that's a stretch)
-- Matt Perkins ----------------- http://www.nudoru.com On Nov 30, 2011, at 9:53 AM, "Merrill, Jason" <jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com> wrote: > Wow, thanks for all this discussion - this is great! So many good responses, > thanks everyone for contributing and keep it coming! I think I'm definitely > taking up haXe in 2012! > > Another question, I know haXe is just as good and powerful (if not more) than > AS3, but does AS3 have any syntactical / features that give it an advantage > over haXe or is haXe just a better language overall in your opinion(s)? > > Jason Merrill > Instructional Technology Architect II > Bank of America Global Learning > > > > > > _______________________ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kurt > Dommermuth > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 8:35 AM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Switching to HaXe? > > Thanks again Tom. The example is impressive. > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 8:21 AM, tom rhodes <tom.rho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> ok, initially the haxe flash api to html5 was done with a lib called jeash. >> which has been around for a while now. the nme project has very >> recently incorporated jeash as it's route to html5. >> >> here is a nice example of using one codebase to hit swf and html5... >> >> >> http://www.joshuagranick.com/blog/2011/09/22/first-glimpse-at-cross-pl >> atform-game-running-flash-and-html5/ >> >> if you do a google for haxe jeash, you'll see it's been around for a >> while and it's integration into nme seems pretty natural. they were >> parallel efforts in intepreting the flash api for ages... >> >> On 30 November 2011 14:03, Kurt Dommermuth <k...@kurtdommermuth.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Tom, >>> >>> Thank you. I'm going to look into Haxe more. >>> >>> Psychologically I have a stumbling block with NME. On their how it >>> works page (http://www.haxenme.org/about-nme/how-it-works/) there >>> are >> solutions >>> that go in the opposite direction of what I'm personally interested in. >>> >>> They very nicely show how NME publishes to SWF, iOS, webOS, Android, >>> MAC/LInux, but it doesn't mention publishing to HTML5/JS. >>> >>> It very well may, but you can understand why I'd tend to move on if >>> it's not mentioned on that page. >>> >>> Forgive me if I'm missing something. I'm deep in this search for a >>> solution and I'll be the first to admit I could easily misunderstand >>> something. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 7:33 AM, tom rhodes <tom.rho...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> the haxe forum isn't very active but the mailing list is, and it >>>> is a >>> great >>>> place to get help to get started. >>>> >>>> this is the new home of the list >>>> >>>> https://groups.google.com/group/haxelang/topics?pli=1 >>>> >>>> you have to dig around a bit to get going as documentation is >>>> limited >> at >>>> the moment but the list is the best place to get the information >>>> you >>> need. >>>> >>>> if you want to do html5 using code that is familiar to you as an >>>> AS3 >>> coder >>>> then look at NME as i mentioned in a previous post. >>>> >>>> On 30 November 2011 13:16, Kurt Dommermuth >>>> <k...@kurtdommermuth.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Jason, >>>>> >>>>> You're very first statement is exactly what interests me too. >>>>> You >>> wrote >>>>> "Thinking of starting to learn haXe to produce OOP apps and >>>>> export as Javascript for HTML 5 apps." >>>>> >>>>> What are your thoughts so far? I just looked at Haxe too but >>>>> I'm >>>> concerned >>>>> because there doesn't seem to be a lot of actvity in the Haxe forum. >>>>> >>>>> I'm at a loss this morning because at this moment I really just >>>>> want >> to >>>>> make a web based app that performs well on the iPhone. I have >>>>> looked >> at >>>> the >>>>> following and am not finding satisfaction: >>>>> >>>>> appmobi - they get too many hooks into you and force you down >>>>> paths >> you >>>> may >>>>> not necessarily want to go - like using the Amazon network to >>>>> store >>>> files. >>>>> I just wanted to grab my resources and upload them to MY server. >>>>> No >>> easy >>>>> task with appmobi. >>>>> >>>>> phonegap - everyone seems to love it, but it seems to be >>>>> primarily >>> geared >>>>> to use traditional web based tools to compile to native apps. I >>>>> want >>> to >>>> be >>>>> on the web - not the device. >>>>> >>>>> jQuery mobile - assumes you want to make a web site, not an app >>>>> and >>>> injects >>>>> all kinds of styles that get in the way. I'm a big fan of >>>>> jQuery, >> but >>>>> jQuery mobile is very confining. >>>>> >>>>> sencha - seems promising, but within 2 hours of working with it >>>>> I >> seem >>> to >>>>> have found a bug. I cannot add a listener. May be my >> misunderstanding >>>>> though, so I'm going to continue. >>>>> >>>>> Based on this conversation I looked at NME, but again, my small >>>> mindedness, >>>>> it feels like voodoo and it just doesn't seem to put much >>>>> emphasis on publishing for web based apps. >>>>> >>>>> Overall, I must say I resent the hell out of Steve Jobs. His >> comments >>>> have >>>>> thrown us back into the dark ages. I look at the options to >> accommodate >>>> his >>>>> vision and I see one Frankenstein solution after another. HTML5 >> seems >>> to >>>>> be a handful of multimedia tags meant to make everyone and their >>>>> mom >> a >>>> web >>>>> programer and that it will work on everything. Hahhahahaha. >>>>> The >>> problem >>>>> is that the reality is it takes a boat load of JS and fall backs >>>>> to >>> make >>>> it >>>>> work. >>>>> >>>>> We had AS3. It did the job and though it was flawed it was far >>>>> and >>> away >>>>> the best cross platform solution there was. dammit. Because of >>>>> one >>> dummy >>>>> and his legions of lemmings we're back to using 15 year old >>>>> scripting languages to get things done. >>>>> >>>>> Hmmmm. Guess I'm a little feisty and bitter this morning! >>>>> >>>>> :) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for letting me vent. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, I appreciate the discussion very much on this topic. >>>>> >>>>> Kurt >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Merrill, Jason < >>>>> jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com> 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? 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