HTML/JS ...
... topic popping up more often than not. haXe follows some concept that
I found being well summarized by Aral Balkan [1]:
"Embracing Write Once, Compile Anywhere, not Write Once, Run Anywhere."
I think that is a great concept: "compile anywhere". What keeps us from
compiling AS3/mxml to JavaScript:
- Code written in MXML / AS3: No arguing about that, AS3 doesn't
work in HTML, whats possible to do?
* Write a compiler that compiles to multiplatforms
* Rewrite everything to a language that compiles to multiplatforms
I tend to stick on the first because I quite like AS3.
- Code depending on FlashPlayer structures
* Separate compatible from non-compatible code segments in Flex
* Find ways to implement *useful* Flash Player structures for
other platforms to reduce (not eliminate) platform specific code.
No need to wait for a new compiler to talk about that.
- Having code that works well in a HTML/JavaScript context: Many
concepts good for FP are not good in html:
* Examine possible concepts
* Try different implementations
* Learn from others mistakes
No need to wait for the code to be done.
its not so "difficult" to do that, someone just needs to get started imho.
yours
Martin.
[1] http://aralbalkan.com/2508
