# haxe-ui
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03/02/2022, 7:50 PMit's installed in haxelib - b
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03/02/2022, 7:50 PMbecause when I started this project I was trying to decide if feathers or haxeui would be better for it. - b
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03/02/2022, 7:50 PMoh, so vscode doesnt just use the libs that are used but the libs that are installed ? surely not - b
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03/02/2022, 7:51 PMi have 100s of haxelibs, and many many versions of each of them - b
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03/02/2022, 7:51 PMeither way, defo a weird one - b
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03/02/2022, 7:51 PMyeah - b
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03/02/2022, 7:52 PM¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - b
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03/02/2022, 7:52 PMim not a fan of vscode personally, so i have no real knowledge of it or its inner workings - b
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03/02/2022, 7:53 PMI prefer IntelliJ myself - b
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03/02/2022, 7:53 PMbut the Haxe plugin for intelliJ isn't great - b
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03/02/2022, 7:54 PMOverall I think Feathers is more powerful, but it's not as beginner friendly - b
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03/02/2022, 7:56 PM> I prefer IntelliJ myself same - ive been using haxe studio (which is eclipse based) but its early days and doesnt work with openfl (yet) > Overall I think Feathers is more powerful, but it's not as beginner friendly oh yeah? Fair enough - always interested to know about shortcomings - i guess integration with openfl is better? - b
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03/02/2022, 7:58 PMto be specific, Feathers is built on OpenFL, and only OpenFL - b
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03/02/2022, 7:59 PMso its the integration with openfl? I just mean what makes you say its more powerful? What can you do there you cant with haxeui? (just curious really) - b
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03/02/2022, 8:03 PMit has a better openFL integration. more prebuilt functions, and a more complete animation system - b
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03/02/2022, 8:04 PMgotcha... all sounds fair 🙂 - b
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03/02/2022, 8:05 PMany examples of "prebuilt functions"? - b
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03/02/2022, 8:06 PMI'm not super familiar with Feathers or HaxeUI yet, but you're welcome to take a look here https://feathersui.com/learn/haxe-openfl - b
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03/02/2022, 8:07 PMoh right, i thought you had some "well, feathers automatically does xyz" or something along those lines - b
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03/02/2022, 8:08 PMThere are even a few games that have been made using Feathers - b
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03/02/2022, 8:08 PMActually along those lines I'd say HaxeUI does more stuff automatically. - b
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03/02/2022, 8:09 PMLike I said, I feel feathers is more powerful, but not as beginner friendly. It has more overall capabilities with better performance. But has a steeper learning curve. - b
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03/02/2022, 8:10 PMfair do's - im not really in a position to comment since ive only ever run the demos online - b
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03/02/2022, 8:11 PMMy other reason for not just taking the plunge and attempting to learn feathers, is that it's still in beta. - b
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03/02/2022, 8:12 PMor at least, the Haxe version of feathers is still in beta - b
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03/02/2022, 8:14 PMfair enough - more UI frameworks is certainly never a bad thing 🙂 - b
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03/02/2022, 8:14 PMand feathers seems super thought out / mature etc - b
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03/02/2022, 8:16 PMReasonable assesment considering they have been around since 2012 - b
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03/02/2022, 8:17 PMonly about four? years older than haxeui? - b
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03/02/2022, 8:18 PMwait no never mind