Dev Ideas Episode 1: Haxe: What Makes It Cool

I’m very excited to tell you about Dev Ideas, a new video and slide presentation series where I will be drawing on my decade-plus of industry experience to discuss cutting edge concepts in the field of software development. For the first few episodes, I’ll be addressing some of the lesser known programming languages and techniques. This is a very exciting time to be in software, as new languages and paradigms are emerging and ideas that were previously limited to academics and research projects are now becoming mainstream.

In today’s first episode of Dev Ideas, I delve into the Haxe programming language. Haxe’s main claim to fame is as a free open-source alternative to the Flash development environment, but it is really a multiplatform language and toolkit. In addition to Flash .swf files, Haxe can target JavaScript, NekoVM, PHP, or C++ source code, making it possible to use the same language for all phases of a project. Haxe also gives you access to advanced language features like closures, type inference, and algebraic types. Come join me as I give a quick (23 minute) overview of what makes Haxe interesting and worth learning.

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