HAXE - Multiplatform Programming

General Discussions
#1

I recently heard about an update for HAXE which allows it to compile to Java code. You can check it out at http://haxe.org/

Also, I was curious if anyone here has any experience with the language. It’s been around for a while now but this is the first time I’m hearing about it.

If anyone has used it, how viable is it for game programming, especially for the web?

#2

Hi

Haxe is used for some famous French web games, it works very well but I don’t know if it is viable as it is mainly used by a single company as far as I know.

#3

Retro64 are using it. Also Big Block Games. Probably quite a few others.

Cas :slight_smile:

#4

“Generally if something sounds too good to be true, it is.”

  • Mr. T.F. Hat
#5

So you can write just once, and run anywhere?! How novel! :wink:

#6

Haha, touche…

#7

I remember when running on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac was a real break through. I don’t make fun of it I embrace the importance of platform independence and not being a slave to a single platform.

HAXE, (My) AllBinary Platform, Kevin Glasses, and a few other projects are now breaking the lines between the OS platform, browsers, and device types.

I think it is the greatest development in actual implementation since Oak/Java was made.

A truly fundamental change in how people develop code for a device has now changed.

Soon the wave will come crashing down on the single OS, device type, or browser only world.

#8

Are you referring to Slick? I didn’t think Android was fully supported, and ready to use :slight_smile:

#9

Mads - He’s probably referring to Kev’s closed source “TouchAPI”.

#10

I thought that was for him exclusively. Never saw any documentation, nor a download. Correct me if I’m wrong.

#11

I don’t think you need HAXE for java. just use java. I did however try to write flash games with it until flex came out.

#12

The idea is that you can write once and compile to Java, or Flash, etc.

So if you plan to only use one language, of course use that language. But, if you want to compile to different languages, it would make sense

#13

i’d be more interested if you could code and compile to java and then have a tool such as HAXE to convert it such that it can be compiled to other platforms :stuck_out_tongue:

#14

LLVM is probably where to look for that sort of thing…

Cas :slight_smile:

#15

Holy crap that website… that website. :yawn:

#16

I have read about Haxe, and haven’t been interested. PlayN seems more powerful.

#17

[quote=“Mads,post:15,topic:39296”]

What do you expect from a bunch of compiler writers?