When comparing Haxe vs Mint, the Slant community recommends Haxe for most people. In the question“What are the most enjoyable programming languages for web development? ” Haxe is ranked 14th while Mint is ranked 18th.
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Pros
Pro Checks types at compile time
Pro Access native features of target platform
Whenever you need to use target specific code (e.g. there is no Haxe library or extern definitions), you can embed fragments as untyped code in your Haxe code.
Pro Transpiles to Javascript, PHP, Python and many other languages
Pro Dead code elimination
Removes unused types and methods during transpilation.
Pro Checks syntax at compile time
Pro Support multiple different platforms from one source
Pro Easy sharing of code accross multiple target platforms
Pro Provides an exit strategy for Flash developers through OpenFl
OpenFl is a library written in Haxe, that duplicates the Flash API, by providing a parallel implementation.
Haxe's syntax has a lot of similarities with Actionscript 3.
Flash developers can easily migrate their code to Haxe while still using and targeting Flash, in addition to unlocking all the new targets supported by Haxe / OpenFl.
Pro Writen in Crystal (Language)
Crystal is one of the best and elegant languages.
Pro Constructs for synchronous and asynchronous computations
Pro Easy to learn and write
Everything is an expression.
Pro HTML and CSS integration
HTML can be written with minimal differences.
Scoped .CSS can be written for elements in components.
Pro Good error support
200+ unique error messages to help you on the way.
Pro Everything is typed
Everything is typed using a simple type system
Pro Dead code elimination
Only used parts of the code compiles into the final bundle.
Pro Built-in formatter
Mint has a built-in formatter to format your code, it can run standalone or with the development server.
Pro Batteries included
Mint contains everything you need to build the frontend of web applications from styling to data storage through HTTP requests to testing.
Pro Integrated testing
Testing is part of the language and there is a test runner built in which runs tests in the browser.