Comments on: Backbone.js for Flash and Flex Developers

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:43:05 +0000

In reply to sine.

Client adoption. You have thousands of web developers who code JavaScript, and a few hundred who espouse CoffeeScript as a “step in the right direction”.

This, as opposed to those saying, “See, Google built Gmail with Java via GWT.” and therefore helping to validate the need for a strongly typed language like Haxe.

I get it, but not enough people do, nor do we have a Joel Hooks style evangelist for Haxe.

By: sine

sine — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:54:54 +0000

I’m just a beginner wandering this maze of alternative javascript frameworks – but don’t understand why more people from AS3 aren’t turning to haxe as a cross browser solution. Does it have some issues that I haven’t grasped yet?

By: daklab

daklab — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:23:41 +0000

Love your description on chaining: "Ignore the return this in the render function. Thatâ€s for chaining support, a method for getting functional programmers off, making code unreadable, and helping the browser swallow exceptions." Great article by the way, just what I was looking for. I use AS3 Signals which I've abstracted into a SignalsManager class, and having read this article enlightened me that I have been implementing the Event Aggregator pattern all this time (something I knew I wanted in JS).

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:51:01 +0000

Very interesting article, definitely open my eyes to alternatives. Thanks Jester XL

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:14:41 +0000

In reply to anon. A lot of us have been there, anon. We feel, and know your pain. Hang in there, fight to get as close to the ivory tower as you can, and don't take it personal.