[haXe] Happy haXe Year !

[Nicolas Cannasse]

Hi list,

I would like to wish to everyone an happy new year and best wishes for 
2007 !

haXe started now a little more than 1 year ago (see http://haxe.org/news 
for the timeline) and it has grown into a great programming language !

The time between two releases is getting longer, which is perfectly 
normal since there are not so much bugs left or missing features. And 
most of the new APIs that have been introduced since the beginning are 
now stable, which is a good sign of maturity.

Here's a short-list of things that we should enjoy in the haXe world 
during this 2007 year :

- the haXe AS3 code generator : code using haxe, and generate the 
corresponding AS3 classes on-demand. Very useful for people working as 
contractors, since you can give the sources of your work as AS3.

- more IDE support : adding completion to the FlashDevelop plugin, and 
there are also good chances that FDT will support haXe in the near 
future, happy FDT users !

- SWHX on Linux : I guess a lot of people are waiting for this, so all 
the Flash users will finally get an opensource crossplatform Flash 
Desktop Application solution.

- community libraries : XInf, Arctic, ActionStep/ASwing ports, ... the 
more people contribute new libraries to haXe, the more this will extend 
haXe capabilities. There's no limit to the number of things you can do 
with haXe.

- haXe Book and docs : Lee McColl-Sylvester is currently writing an haXe 
Book that will be published this year. This will definitly boost haXe 
popularity and accessibility. More tutorials, more API documentation, a 
complete language reference, all of these should also come in 2007.

- haxeVideo : a project I'm currently working on. An FLV streaming and 
web conference server, entirely written in haXe. More about this soon.

- and most important... you ! I wish you will be happy haXe users this 
year, and that it will help you with your work, both in terms of 
productivity and fun ! Don't forget to post your haXe Success Stories on 
the list or on the Wiki.

Do I forgot something ? Do you also have haXe wishes for 2007 ? Don't 
hesitate to share your ideas here, it's an open discussion place.

Again, Happy haXe year !
And don't forget to have fun :)

Nicolas