About haxe

For more info you should check out http://haxe.org, API docs and Haxe manual but as a quick reference this could be useful.

Type check

Std.is(myInstance, Sprite);

toString anything

Std.string(myThing);

Check if NaN

Math.isNaN(15);

Get type of class

Type.getClassName(Type.getClass(str));

hasOwnProperty

Reflect.hasField(myInstance, "x");

Casting

// explicit resolve type
var poolable:IPoolable = cast(child, IPoolable);

// auto resolve type
var poolable:IPoolable = cast child;

Language comparison cheatsheet

Basic types
Haxe Bool String Int Float Dynamic Void Array<Dynamic> Array<String>	Javascript Boolean String Number Number Object Array Array	AS3 Boolean String int Number Object void Array Vector.<String>	TypeScript boolean string int number any void any[] string[]