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Is it possible to use Haxe for anything except gamedev and keep the crossplatform aspect? For example for backend webdev, it seems like you can compile to nodeJ
by mromnia 8y ago
Is it possible to use Haxe for anything except gamedev and keep the crossplatform aspect? For example for backend webdev, it seems like you can compile to nodeJS and use express, but then you can't really compile to any other platform. You can compile to PHP, but you're also stuck with PHP frameworks.
Basically what I'm saying is that for Haxe to be truly crossplatform, it requires Haxe-native frameworks in the target domain. But that doesn't really seem to be the case outside of games, so that advantage is lost.
- ofrzeta 8y agoDoes it realistically make sense to have a web meta-framework that compiles to different backend frameworks such as Node.js or PHP?
- mromnia 8y agoMaybe, maybe not. It just feels to me like Haxe only really makes sense for gamedev, and even then only barely, because of huge, crossplatform game engines like Unity. I really like the language (after reading the tutorial at least), but I'm not sure where would using it make sense. For backend stuff it just seems completely inferior to Typescript (considering library support especially).