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You could also write your app in Haxe instead and cross compile to Javascript, Python, C++, Java, Lua,...

rafram 1y ago
This seems to be intended as an interesting experiment (in the same genre as things like quines). There are obviously more production-ready ways to compile code for multiple runtimes.
- eesmith 1y ago
  See even https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyglot_(computing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyglot_(computing) .
- omneity 1y ago
  Haxe is not just an experiment. It is a mature language and ecosystem used in production. You will find it powering many games for example. I used it a long long time ago on one of my first freelance gigs (with a PHP target). It was already quite solid and saved me the need to use a PHP framework. I also remember using it as a typed javascript pre-compiler, at a time where FB Flow and MS Typescript were still fighting over developer mindshare. I would probably still use it if TS didn't take over the ecosystem entirely. https://haxe.org/use-cases/who-uses-haxe.html https://haxe.org/use-cases/who-uses-haxe.html
  - rafram 1y ago
    "This" = Polycompiler (the OP project), not Haxe. Polycompiler appears to be intended as a toy/experiment, so it doesn't really make sense to compare it to Haxe.
jorl17 1y ago
It's so good to see Haxe mentioned! I ported an entire AS3/Flash game to Haxe that my friends had written during our college years, as a kind of "thank you" present for ten years of friendship (adding mobile, cross-platform, gamepad controller, netplay and other things). While the tooling was spotty, I found the experience wonderful! Haxe felt like a decent language with laudable goals and a nice community. I hope one day I find another reason to work with Haxe. Does anyone have any project that is using Haxe in production? Would love to hear about such stories!!
- outofpaper 1y ago
  Not my project but there's always Dead Cells and the stories behind its developed.
betterThanTexas 1y ago
To what extent does Haxe still align with modern Javascript? Is modern javascript even considered to be the basis of actionscript anymore?

This seems to be intended as an interesting experiment (in the same genre as things like quines). There are obviously more production-ready ways to compile code for multiple runtimes.

eesmith 1y ago
See even https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyglot_(computing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyglot_(computing) .
omneity 1y ago
Haxe is not just an experiment. It is a mature language and ecosystem used in production. You will find it powering many games for example. I used it a long long time ago on one of my first freelance gigs (with a PHP target). It was already quite solid and saved me the need to use a PHP framework. I also remember using it as a typed javascript pre-compiler, at a time where FB Flow and MS Typescript were still fighting over developer mindshare. I would probably still use it if TS didn't take over the ecosystem entirely. https://haxe.org/use-cases/who-uses-haxe.html https://haxe.org/use-cases/who-uses-haxe.html
- rafram 1y ago
  "This" = Polycompiler (the OP project), not Haxe. Polycompiler appears to be intended as a toy/experiment, so it doesn't really make sense to compare it to Haxe.

jorl17 1y ago

It's so good to see Haxe mentioned! I ported an entire AS3/Flash game to Haxe that my friends had written during our college years, as a kind of "thank you" present for ten years of friendship (adding mobile, cross-platform, gamepad controller, netplay and other things). While the tooling was spotty, I found the experience wonderful! Haxe felt like a decent language with laudable goals and a nice community. I hope one day I find another reason to work with Haxe. Does anyone have any project that is using Haxe in production? Would love to hear about such stories!!

outofpaper 1y ago
Not my project but there's always Dead Cells and the stories behind its developed.

betterThanTexas 1y ago

To what extent does Haxe still align with modern Javascript? Is modern javascript even considered to be the basis of actionscript anymore?