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| [date]: / "2020-08-06 09:11:00" | ||
| [modified]: / "2020-08-06 10:21:00" | ||
| [published]: / "2020-08-06 12:00:00" | ||
| [description]: / "The latest news covering the Haxe community, featuring upcoming talks, the latest HaxeLib releases, game previews and lots more!" | ||
| [contributor]: https://twitter.com/teormech "Alexander Hohlov" | ||
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| # Haxe Roundup 541 | ||
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| Welcome to the latest edition of the Haxe Roundup. [Haxe](http://haxe.org/?ref=haxe.io) is a high level, strictly typed programming language and cross-compiler. | ||
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| ## Community Updates | ||
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| ### News and Articles | ||
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| - Scoped CSS comes to HaxeUI, read more on the announcement [thread](https://community.haxeui.org/t/scoped-css-addition/262). :star: | ||
| - [Fun vs. Balance](https://www.fortressofdoors.com/defenders-quest-2-progress-for-july-2020/): Defender's Quest 2 Progress Report for July 2020 by [Lars Doucet](https://twitter.com/larsiusprime/status/1290337519859650560). | ||
| - Should Haxers apply [for Pythonist roles?](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/should-haxer-apply-pythonist-roles-justin-mills) by Justin Mills. | ||
| - What do you need to help [contribute to OpenFL?](https://community.openfl.org/t/what-do-you-need-to-help-contribute-to-openfl/12628) | ||
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| ##### _In case you missed it_ | ||
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| - Instrument: The new coverage and profiling library [announcement thread](https://community.haxe.org/t/new-coverage-and-profiling-library/2598) by Alexander Blum! :star2: | ||
| - An interview with [Sébastien Bénard](https://twitter.com/deepnightfr): [Fin de Twinoid : « il n’y a plus d’envie pour du jeu web »](https://www.portables4gamers.com/fin-de-twinoid-il-ny-a-plus-denvie-pour-du-jeu-web/). | ||
| - Call for Developers: [Remaining Items for OpenFL 9](https://community.openfl.org/t/call-for-developers-remaining-items-for-openfl-9/12623) by Joshua Granick. | ||
| - [Hscript with classes](https://community.haxe.org/t/hscript-with-classes-aka-hscript-ex/2597) aka “hscript-ex” by Ian Harrigan. | ||
| - A couple of diagrams from Game Maker's Toolkit survey results _(they've asked developers of 5,400 game jam games)_: | ||
| * What are they using to [make their games](https://twitter.com/gamemakerstk/status/1287115875624071171)? | ||
| * The engines used by the 250 top ranked [GMTK Game Jam games](https://twitter.com/gamemakerstk/status/1287285671007342592) _(strangely Haxe became an engine)_. | ||
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| ### Videos & Music | ||
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| - What is Lix and how does it work in Haxe [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvQ3tF3dnsE) by [Richard Oliver Bray](https://twitter.com/ceiga). | ||
| - _Add a [video](https://github.com/skial/haxe.io/labels/video) related to Haxe_. | ||
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| ##### _In case you missed it_ | ||
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| - [New release](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxz1IwUen90&feature=youtu.be) of PRG Playground: 5 extra characters: dragons and skeleton. Copy maps functionality was also added. 5 bonus characters when PRG Playground's YouTube channel reaches 400 subscribers! So subscribe now! | ||
| - How to use the reflect API to change objects in Haxe [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18BLLvclD9g) by [Richard Oliver Bray](https://twitter.com/ceiga). | ||
| - Haxe Beginner's Tutorial #6 - Booleans and Comparisons [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p1TXa4m_Bc&list=PLnweXVCg6yWodTlo3BQXicKJuGrTp_yeV&index=7&t=0s) with [source code](https://github.com/tobil4sk/haxe-beginner-tutorial) available on GitHub. | ||
| - Heaps Tutorial - Compiling Hashlink C code to an Executable [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oWHTJzYlPs). | ||
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| ### Upcoming Events & Talks | ||
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| - Go! Go! PogoGirl by [Andrej](https://twitter.com/ohsat_games/status/1289279882799673344) will be at [SAGE 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nElBxexdMBw) September 5th-12th. | ||
| - [HaxeIn 2020](https://haxe.org/blog/haxein-2020/) virtual Haxe Summit on October 14-17th 2020. | ||
| + With [Matthijs Kamstra](https://twitter.com/MatthijsKamstra/status/1268895755353407489) and [Lewis Lepton](https://twitter.com/lewislepton/status/1270282464469155842) planning on submitting talk proposals. | ||
| - _Add an [upcoming event](https://github.com/skial/haxe.io/labels/events) about Haxe._ | ||
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| ### Jobs, Bounties | ||
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| - _Add an [available job](https://github.com/skial/haxe.io/labels/jobs) involving Haxe_. | ||
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| #### Looking for work | ||
| - [Andreas Drewke](https://twitter.com/andreas_drewke/status/1288269756273917952) is looking for a part time job. | ||
| - [Justin Mills](https://twitter.com/Nanjizal_net/status/1281898188799201280) is looking for remote or UK _(West Country)_ developer role. | ||
| - [Kevin Leung](https://twitter.com/kevinresol/status/1281275723706064896) is wondering if any Haxe Australian companies are hiring? | ||
| - [Torcado](https://twitter.com/torcado/status/1287156619797659648) is looking for a publisher/indie fund to help him fund the rest of the development for [Heck Deck](https://torcado.itch.io/heck-deck). He would love to know any recommendations you may have. | ||
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| #### Job listings | ||
| - [MY.GAMES](https://astrakhan.hh.ru/vacancy/37827478) _(Moscow, Russia)_ are looking for Haxe programmer to work on UI system for their new game project Warface: Breakout. :ru: | ||
| - [Spiele-Palast GmbH](https://community.haxe.org/t/full-time-haxe-game-developer-for-web-and-mobile-berlin/2553) are looking for a full time Haxe game developer for web and mobile in Berlin. | ||
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| #### Bounties | ||
| - [Squidly](https://twitter.com/squuuidly/status/1243925472121151488) has opened up [a bounties page](https://github.com/chosencharacters/squidBounties) for HaxeFlixel features. | ||
| - Lars Doucet's list of various [open bounties](https://github.com/larsiusprime/larsBounties/issues). :earth_africa: | ||
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| ### Product Releases & Announcements | ||
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| - [A web application](https://coffeecalc.cc/) made with Haxe and React that gives people an idea of how long the amount of caffeine they consume will stay in their system. :+1: :coffee: | ||
| - [100 vacas](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1335820/100_vacas/) by [Eduardo Alonso](https://twitter.com/sodapillo/status/1290696911612149760) had been submitted for review. If everything goes well, it will be released on August 17th. | ||
| - [Double Kick Heroes](https://twitter.com/headbang_club/status/1289497348406738945) will release on [Nintendo Switch](https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/double-kick-heroes-switch/) & Steam August 13th! GamePass and for sale on [Xbox One & Microsoft Store](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/double-kick-heroes/9njpt63k27w8) August 28th! Watch the [Release Date Teaser Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eFh3w_NK-s) and read [the AMA on reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/i47urs/we_are_the_headbang_club_and_we_have_spent_the/). | ||
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| ##### _In case you missed it_ | ||
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| - [Lops](https://marcosd.itch.io/lops) by [Marcos Donnantuoni](https://twitter.com/marcos_don/status/1287029656793817089). | ||
| - [Kikker](https://voskip.itch.io/kikker) is a puzzle game made by [Voskip](https://twitter.com/voskip/status/1286653481697398786) with HaxeFlixel, about a frog returning the colours to its pond after they were stolen by a witch. | ||
| - Check out [Hugh Sanderson](https://twitter.com/GameHaxe/status/1287569908591599622)'s novel [Five-by-5](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fundieware.fiveby5) card came on the Google play store, - a mashup between Solitaire and Match-3 _(but harder)_. Made with Haxe and NME. | ||
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| ### Code Examples | ||
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| - _Have an example you want to add? Consider [contributing](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/code-cookbook#contributing-articles) to the [code.haxe.org](https://code.haxe.org/) cookbook._ | ||
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| ### Previews & Demos | ||
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| #### Open Source | ||
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| - To celebrate the 9th anniversary of Cardinal Quest _(aka CQ1)_ release [Ido](https://twitter.com/tametick/status/1289594812643991552) has decided to make [the game's repository public](https://github.com/tametick/CardinalQuest1) on GitHub. :tada: | ||
| - [Cybernetically enhaxed web app](https://twitter.com/Meltingtallow/status/1288922155107758080) by Jeremy Meltingtallow with [source code](https://github.com/PongoEngine/neptune) available on GitHub. | ||
| - HxDoom [Lovr Demo](https://github.com/kevansevans/HxDoom/tree/master/samples/Lovr%20Demo) by Kaelan Evans. Here is a little [Twitter thread about it](https://twitter.com/kbeevans/status/1291075281575272449). :star2: | ||
| - ZUI `2020.8` has been [release](https://github.com/armory3d/zui/releases/tag/20.08). | ||
| - haxe-instrument `1.1.0` has been [released](https://github.com/AlexHaxe/haxe-instrument/releases/tag/v1.1.0). | ||
| - [cog `git`](https://github.com/AustinEast/cog) - Macro powered ECS Framework written in Haxe. | ||
| - [famuz `git`](https://github.com/PongoEngine/famuz) - Famuz is a programming language that compiles to Midi. The goal of this project is to create music from atomic musical definitions. | ||
| - [bitvector `git`](https://github.com/tbrosman/bitvector) - A bit vector implementation for Haxe. | ||
| - A couple of quick videos by Kevin Leung showing his platform agnostic [drag & drop Haxe library](https://github.com/why-haxe/why-dragdrop): | ||
| * A clearer video demonstrating [drag & drop filtering](https://twitter.com/kevinresol/status/1289094570815287296). | ||
| * This is how actual "drop" [looks like](https://twitter.com/kevinresol/status/1290499408631492608). | ||
| - _Check out the latest open source Haxe projects over on [GitHub][latest github]_. | ||
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| #### Closed Source | ||
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| - [Watch him burn...](https://twitter.com/hav24/status/1291099425977360384) by Havana24. | ||
| - [Early Melon](https://twitter.com/early_melon/status/1290365168875175936) has joined [Evil Empire](https://twitter.com/Studio_Evil). | ||
| - [Luyren](https://twitter.com/LuyrenStencyl/status/1290102874957996041) has overhauled the experience system from their Stencyl resource pack. | ||
| - [Fedellen](https://twitter.com/fedellen/status/1290012417955491841) is putting together a magical 2D platformer demo for their range of assets, made in Stencyl. | ||
| - The post-jam version of Consumable Controls by [Robert Alvarez](https://twitter.com/Rob1221dev/status/1289568930474930177) is now published with 9 more levels and other changes. | ||
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| ### _Some_ Library Releases | ||
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| - [socket-bar `1.4.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/socket-bar/) | ||
| - [robotlegs `2.0.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/robotlegs/) | ||
| - [swiftsuspenders `1.1.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/swiftsuspenders/) | ||
| - [josephsmendoza.ipc `1.0.5`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/josephsmendoza.ipc/) | ||
| - [physxhx `1.0.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/physxhx/) | ||
| - [reckoner `0.1.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/reckoner/) | ||
| - [cog `1.0.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/cog/) | ||
| - [utest `1.13.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/utest/) | ||
| - [p2p `0.1.42`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/p2p/) | ||
| - [instrument `1.1.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/instrument/) | ||
| - [utils `1.1.1`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/utils/) | ||
| - [notifier `1.1.23`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/notifier/) | ||
| - _Check out the [most recent library releases](https://lib.haxe.org/recent/) on HaxeLib_. | ||
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| ### Framework Updates | ||
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| - `[Kinc]` Implement Vulkan raytracing has been [merged](https://github.com/Kode/Kinc/pull/535). | ||
| - `[hxmath]` Inline default math type constructors [merged](https://github.com/tbrosman/hxmath/pull/74). | ||
| - `[tink_state]` No dependency on `Measurement` [merged](https://github.com/haxetink/tink_state/pull/36). | ||
| - `[format]` Added RLE support to BMP [pull request](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/format/pull/93). | ||
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| ### People & Projects to support | ||
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| - [Richard Oliver Bray](https://ko-fi.com/richardoliverbray) is teaching people the things he's learnt, like React, Typescript and Haxe. | ||
| - [Alexander Gordeyko](https://www.patreon.com/axgord) is developing [Pony](https://github.com/AxGord/Pony), a Haxe open-cross-library. | ||
| - [Andy Li](https://github.com/users/andyli/sponsorship) is working around the Haxe ecosystem: CI, packaging, docs and learning materials. | ||
| - [Kevin Leung](https://www.patreon.com/kevinresol) is creating open source software libraries. | ||
| - [Robert Konrad](https://www.patreon.com/RobDangerous), the Kha author, is creating Programming Toolkits. | ||
| - [Lubos & contributors](https://armory3d.org/fund) are creating Armory, an open source 3D game engine in Blender. | ||
| - [OpenFL](https://www.patreon.com/openfl) is creating free open source software. | ||
| - [HaxeUI](https://www.patreon.com/haxeui) is creating an open source user interface libraries. | ||
| - [HaxeFlixel](https://www.patreon.com/haxeflixel) is creating an open source, cross platform 2D game engine. | ||
| - [Slava Ra](https://www.patreon.com/slavara) is creating improvements for FlashDevelop and HaxeDevelop. | ||
| - [Mark Knol](https://www.patreon.com/markknol) is working on Haxe and its documentation. | ||
| - [Dan Korostelev](https://www.patreon.com/nadako) is working on the Haxe compiler. | ||
| - [Eric Bishton](https://www.patreon.com/EricBishton) is creating the Haxe plugin for IntelliJ IDEA. | ||
| - [Will Blanton](https://www.patreon.com/x01010111) is creating HaxeFlixel tutorials. | ||
| - [Matthew Wallace](https://www.patreon.com/haxeexamples) is creating Haxe By Example tutorials. | ||
| - [August Late](https://www.patreon.com/augustlate) is creating unique 2D lighting tech. | ||
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| ## Updates from the Haxe core | ||
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| ### Current Proposals & Discussions | ||
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| - Add Single pattern check [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/79). | ||
| - Add Shorthand nullable-type syntax [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/77). | ||
| - Add support for on site getters & setters [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/63). | ||
| - Add support for `Self` access for abstracts [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/62). | ||
| - `[RFC]` Xml Dsl's [discussion](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/issues/60). | ||
| - Add support for default type parameters [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/50). | ||
| - Add polymorphic `this` types [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/36). | ||
| - Add [Default values for enum parameters](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/issues/27). | ||
| - _Do you have an idea to improve Haxe? Consider [creating a proposal]._ | ||
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| ### Core Changes | ||
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| 32~ commits have been made to Haxe compiler in the [last week]. | ||
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| - `!is` operator [discussion](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/issues/9801). | ||
| - Allow `overload` on extern methods on all targets [merged](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/pull/9793). | ||
| - `[std]` Remove `Null` from optional fields, arguments [merged](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/pull/9787). | ||
| - `[hxcpp]` Adding proper implementation for `api_buffer_val` for Neko [pull request](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/hxcpp/pull/927). | ||
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| ##### _In case you missed it_ | ||
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| - Fix comparing underlying recursive type in variance unification [merged](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/pull/9761). | ||
| - `(get, default)` vs `OpAssignOp` [closed discussion](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/issues/9750). | ||
| - Refactor operator handling [merged](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/pull/9751). | ||
| - Threading API for the Python target [merged](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/pull/9754). | ||
| - Support `@:using` on typedefs [merged](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/pull/9749). | ||
| - Rework unary operator handling [merged](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/pull/9766). | ||
| - `[abstracts]` Add support for constructor forwarding with `@:forward.new` [merged](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/pull/9735). | ||
| - `@:build` on typedef is not allowed [fixed](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/issues/9779). | ||
| - Detailed [explanation](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/issues/9752#issuecomment-663903622) of the recent `@:transitive` abstracts changes, type variance and interfaces. 📝 | ||
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| You can get started using the latest features by downloading a [nightly build] of Haxe and see the impact the latest changes have on each target by browsing the [benchmarks] site. | ||
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| Take it easy everyone, stay safe and have a good week! | ||
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| [benchmarks]: https://benchs.haxe.org/ | ||
| [nightly build]: http://build.haxe.org | ||
| [creating a proposal]: https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution | ||
| [last week]: https://github.com/search?q=closed:2020-07-30..2020-08-06+org:haxefoundation+is:closed | ||
| [latest github]: https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=created%3A%22%3E+2020-07-30%22+language%3AHaxe&s=updated&type=Repositories |