HaxeBuild

HaxeBuild (or HxBuild) is a build tool for Haxe inspired by C++ build tools like premake. Currently, it has a few features: - Different combinations with Configs and Releases - Automatic copying the included files/directories with include - Installing libraries the hxbuild.json file contains (the ones in configs/targets should be specified with --config and/or --target) - Exporting to .hxml file - Getting the initial outDir value from config/target via ${outDir}

+ Example: `"outDir": "build"`, `"${outDir}" = "build"`, `"${outDir}/hl" -> "build/hl"`

Configuring

1. Create hxbuild.json file in the source directory of the project
2. Add the properties. Example:

{
	"main": "MainClass",

	"outDir": "build",
	"outFile": "Project",

	"configs:Release": {
		"defines": "Release"
	},

	"targets:HashLink": {
		"target": "hl",
		"outDir": "${outDir}/build"
	}
}

1. Type in haxelib run hxbuild build --config Release --target HashLink to run the project

Tags

• main - Main class
• classpath - Class path (directory that contains all the classes)
• include (array) - Files/Directories to be copied to build directory
• defines (array) - An array of defines (-D)
• libraries (array) - An array of libraries (-L) + Can be used to install the libraries with hxbuild install
• configs:(config_name) (object) - Specified configuration, example names: Release, Debug; Selected with --config
• targets:(target_name) (object) - Specified target, example names: HashLink, C++; Selected with --target
• target - Target for Haxe to compile, like: -hl, -cpp, -js, etc.