Thanks, I guess what I mean is, right now I am migrating from AS2 to AS3 and will likely move to haXe someday, just not right now. haXe doesn't intimidate me (thanks for the compliment about my posts though :) ) , it's just there are only so many hours in the day. It wouldn't be hard to explain to other people here why an application was written in AS3, but it would be to tell them about haXe and then have to get them to buy into it and learn it as well so they can work on my projects, well, that's easier said than done. Most of the Flash people I associate with are still using AS1 and AS2.
For example, the last project I worked on was a complex learning game that simulated fixing problems with an ATM machine. It was written in an AS2 MVC architecture. I coded 90% of it and then found out we were matched for adoption. So then it was realative easy for another Flash guy here, (who's at an intermediate level), to pick up and finish the last bits of coding for me when I left on paternity leave. If I had written the thing in haXe, he would have had to learn haXe first and my boss would have not been happy about that. I think it would just take a much broader adoption of haXe for us to invest in it, even if it is a superior language. Perhaps I'll try it out on a smaller less-time intensive project. >> That phase would be an opportunity to look >>into haXe, even if you don't plan to use it. Those advanced >>features broaden your horizon, and knowing them will help you >>to write better code even without them, IMHO. Oh I agree, and I'm excited to learn it - when I have time. Right now I'm focused on some R&D work with Papervision3D and some other things, like Flex. If only I were like Steve Martin and had two brains, I could devote one to family life and one to rich media programming and design. Jason Merrill Bank of America GT&O Learning & Leadership Development eTools & Multimedia Team _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
