Haxe – cross-platform toolkit

Haxe is a powerful open-source, general-purpose, high-level, multiplatform programming language and compiler that can produce applications and source code for many different platforms using a single unified programming language.

Code written in Haxe can be source compiled to Javascript, PHP, C++, C#, Java, Flash, and NekoVM.

Haxe is a general-purpose language with object-oriented programming, exceptions, and type inference with class parameters. Generic classes, reflectivity, iterators, and functional programming are built-in functionality of the language and libraries.

Features include:

• Standardized language.
• ECMA style programming for client-side, server-side & desktop.
• Fast compiling.
• Classic Object-Oriented class + interface model (similar to Java).
• Strict typing but with Dynamic support.
• Tight type checking.
• Packages and modules.
• Generics (type parameters) with one or several constraints, but not variance.
• Advanced Type Inference for all variables including methods arguments and return types (except member variables).
• Anonymous Structures with structural subtyping.
• Strictly typed function types, functions closures and partial applications.
• Polymorphic Methods (per-method type parameters), with constraints.
• Optional and constant default value function arguments.
• Explicit Inline methods and constant inlined variables.
• Local function declarations with this capturing.
• Automatic closure creation.
• Powerful Enums (with constructor parameters and pattern matching) – enums are different from classes and are declared with a finite number of constructors.
• No statements : only expressions.
• Exceptions (try/catch).
• Metadata.
• Partial function call with callback.
• Getter/Setter and more with Properties.
• Method injection with “using” mixin.
• Conditional Compilation.
• Iterators.
• Syntax shortcuts using Macros. The Haxe macro system allows compile-time code-generation without modifying the Haxe syntax.
• Standard library that works on all platforms.
• Platform-specific API.

Website: haxe.org
Support: Documentation
Developer: Haxe Foundation
License: MIT Licence

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