Haxe

Haxe is a high-level cross-platform multi-paradigm programming language and compiler that can produce applications and source code, for many different computing platforms, from one code-base. It is free and open-source software, distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, and the standard library under the MIT License. Haxe is a high-level cross-platform multi-paradigm programming language and compiler that can produce applications and source code, for many different computing platforms, from one code-base. It is free and open-source software, distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, and the standard library under the MIT License. Haxe includes a set of common functions that are supported across all platforms, such as numeric data types, text, arrays, binary and some common file formats. Haxe also includes platform-specific application programming interface (API) for Adobe Flash, C++, PHP and other languages. OpenFL, Kha, Heaps and Flambe are popular Haxe frameworks that enable creating multi-platform content from one codebase. Haxe originated with the idea of supporting client-side and server-side programming in one language, and simplifying the communication logic between them. Code written in the Haxe language can be source-to-source compiled into ActionScript 3, JavaScript, Java, C++, C#, PHP, Python, Lua and Node.js. Haxe can also directly compile SWF, HashLink and Neko bytecode. Many popular IDEs and source code editors have support available for Haxe development. No particular development environment or tool set is officially recommended by the Haxe Foundation, although VS Code and IntelliJ IDEA have extensions to support Haxe development. The core functionalities of syntax highlighting, code completion, refactoring, debugging, etc., are available in various degree. The comparison of IDE choices for Haxe programmers has quite in-depth information. To help leverage existing code, the Haxe community has created source code converters for ActionScript 3 to Haxe and C# to Haxe The Haxe compiler can also output Haxe into standalone ActionScript 3, C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python and Lua source code, which can then be pulled out of the Haxe ecosystem and developed with traditional workflows. Major users of Haxe include BBC, Coca-Cola, Disney, Hasbro, Mattel, Nickelodeon, Prezi, TiVo, Toyota, and Zynga. Development of Haxe began in October 2005. The first beta version was released in February 2006. Haxe 1.0 was released in April 2006, with support for Adobe Flash, JavaScript, and Neko programs. Support for PHP was added in 2008, and C++ was added in 2009. Modern platforms such as C# and Java were added with a compiler overhaul in 2012. Haxe was developed by Nicolas Cannasse and other contributors, and was originally named haXe because it was short, simple, and 'has an X inside', which the author asserts humorously is needed to make any new technology a success. Haxe is the successor to the open-source ActionScript 2 compiler MTASC, also built by Nicolas Cannasse, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.