haXe follows this developer - friendly route, though with its powerful yet friendly syntax, it also offers
designers the chance to tinker in the world of the developer.
Compiling to JavaScript
JavaScript has been around for some time, but for client - side browser scripting, there is no competition.
While Internet Explorer provides access to the Visual Basic scripting interpreter, JavaScript is still the
only scripting language supported by the majority of browsers, and so is the only choice for thousands
of developers worldwide.
Chapter 1: Introducing haXe
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Each of the well - known browsers supports quite a variation of the JavaScript API. The most noted
differences are those between the Internet Explorer JavaScript engine and the Mozilla JavaScript engine,
which have been the source of much pulling of hair for web developers everywhere for a number of
years. When you build applications that rely heavily on client - side scripting over various browser types,
it is a necessity to include numerous hacks and tricks to avoid facilitating functionality that performs
well on some browsers, yet poor on others.
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