haXe 2 Beginner's Guide. Develop exciting applications with this multi-platform programming language

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• haXe 2
  • Table of Contents
  • haxe 2
  • Credits
  • Foreword
  • About the Author
  • About the Reviewers
  • www.PacktPub.com
    • Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more
      • Why subscribe?
      • Free access for Packt account holders
  • Preface
    • Here is haXe
    • Where and for what is haXe used?
      • Where is haXe used?
      • What is haXe used for?
      • One language to rule them all
      • Object-oriented programming
      • haXe versions
      • haXe and the new models of web applications
      • haXe as an universal language
    • Getting help
      • Reading some documentation
      • Asking questions
        • The haXe forum
        • The haXe mailing list
          • Some advice
      • Reading some blogs
        • Nicolas Cannasse
        • Weblob
        • GameHaXe
        • A Bugs Life
        • Blog.haxe.org
    • Helping the community
      • The mailing list and the forum
      • The wiki
      • Write on your blog or website
      • Writing libraries or tools
      • Talking about haXe
    • What this book covers
    • What you need for this book
    • Who this book is for
    • Conventions
    • Time for action heading
      • What just happened?
      • Pop quiz heading
      • Have a go hero heading
    • Reader feedback
    • Customer support
      • Downloading the example code for this book
      • Errata
      • Piracy
      • Questions
  • 1. Getting to know haXe
    • Installing haXe
      • Two ways to install: The installer and sources compilation
      • Installing on Windows
      • Installing on MacOSX
      • Installing on Linux
      • Installing nightly builds
      • Verifying your installation
    • Choosing an editor
      • FlashDevelop 3
      • The TextMate bundle
      • VIM
    • Writing your first program
    • Time for action Writing a Hello World
      • What just happened?
    • A program with some interaction
    • Time for action Interacting with the user
      • What just happened?
      • Pop quiz basic knowledge
    • Summary
  • 2. Basic Syntax and Branching
    • Modules, packages, and classes
      • Packages
      • Modules
      • Classes
        • Accessing a class
    • Constants and its types
      • Booleans
      • Integers
      • Floats
        • Base 10
        • Scientific notation
      • Strings
      • Regular expressions
      • The null value
        • Flash9 and above
    • Binary and unary operators
      • Binary operators
        • Assigning values
        • Comparison operators
        • Arithmetic operators
        • Boolean operators
        • Bitwise operators
      • Unary operators
    • Blocks
    • Variable declaration and scope
      • Declaring a variable
        • At class level
    • Time for action Declaring some fields
      • What just happened?
        • In a block of instructions
    • Field access and function calls
    • Constructing class instance
    • Conditional branching
      • If
      • Switch
    • Loops
      • While
      • For
    • Break and continue
    • Time for action Using the break keyword
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Using the continue keyword
      • What just happened?
    • Return
    • Exception handling
    • Anonymous objects
    • Local functions
    • Managing a fridge
    • Time for action Managing a fridge
      • What just happened?
      • Have a go hero Throw Exceptions to prevent crashes
    • Summary
  • 3. Being Cross-platform with haXe
    • What is cross-platform in the library
      • Object storage
      • The Std class
      • The haxe package
        • The haxe.remoting package
        • The haxe.rtti package
        • The haxe.Http class
      • Regular expressions and XML handling
        • Regular expressions
        • XML handling
      • Input and output
        • The DOM interface
        • The Flash interface
        • The standard input/output interface
    • Platform-specific packages
      • JavaScript
      • Flash
      • Neko
      • PHP
      • C++
    • Conditional compilation
      • Conditional compilation depending on flags
      • Conditional compilation depending on the target
    • The remap switch
    • Coding cross-platform using imports
    • Time for action Welcoming the user on Neko & PHP
      • What just happened?
      • Pop quiz Writing cross-platform code
      • Have a go hero Handle XML
    • Time for action Reading from the XML file
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Writing to an XML file
      • What just happened?
    • Testing our sample
    • Making it cross-platform
    • Summary
  • 4. Understanding Types
    • Explicitly typed variables
    • Static typing
    • Values with several types
      • Defining a type
      • Inheritance
      • Multi-inheritance
      • Implementing an interface
    • Representing a blog article
    • Time for action Representing different types of articles
    • Function's type
      • Expressing a function's type
      • Functions using functions
      • Dynamic functions
    • Anonymous objects
      • Duck typing
    • Creating a function to apply another one
    • Time for action Applying a function on every item
      • What just happened?
    • Type inference
      • Assigning a value
      • Assigning the value of the variable to another one
      • Passing the variable as a parameter
    • Casting
      • Safe casting
      • Unsafe casting
      • Untyped
    • Type parameters
      • Usage of Type parameters
      • Creating a parameterized class
      • Constraint parameters
    • Extending the fridge
    • Time for action A fridge with constraints
      • What just happened?
      • Have a go hero Creating a typed container
      • Pop quiz Verify your knowledge
    • Summary
  • 5. The Dynamic Type and Properties
    • Freeing yourself from the typing system
    • Time for action Assigning to Dynamic variables
    • Time for action Assigning from Dynamic variables
      • Field access
      • Functions in Dynamic variables
    • Parameterized Dynamic class
    • Classes implementing Dynamic
    • Time for action Implementing a non-parameterized Dynamic
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Implementing a parameterized Dynamic
      • What just happened?
    • Using a resolve function when implementing Dynamic
    • Time for action Writing our Component class
    • Time for action Parsing the configuration file
    • Time for action Testing our parser
    • Time for action Writing the configuration file
    • Time for action Testing the writer
    • The dot-notation
    • Thoughts on writing our parser
    • The dynamic keyword
    • Warning
    • Properties in classes
      • Use
      • Implementation
        • Writing the getter
        • Writing the setter
        • Defining the property
      • Accessibility
      • The default getter
      • The default setter
      • The dynamic getter and setter
      • The never getter and setter
      • A compile-time feature
      • Have a go hero Writing a person class
      • Pop Quiz Doing the things
    • Summary
  • 6. Using and Writing Interfaces, Typedefs, and Enums
    • Interfaces
      • Purpose
      • Default visibility
      • Type inference
      • Implementing an interface
        • Implementation and type inference
        • Implementation and visibility
        • Making use of interfaces
    • Typedefs
    • Time for action Naming Anonymous Types
      • What just happened?
      • Aliases
      • Visibility
        • Private typedefs
      • Duck typing
      • Typedefs to access private members
      • Creating iterable objects
    • Enums
      • Basic enums
      • Enums' constructors
      • Switching on basic enums
      • Enums with parameters
    • Time for action Switching over enums with parameters
      • What just happened?
      • Have a go hero Write a fridge with an iterator
    • Time for action Writing our Fridge class
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Making it possible to iterate over a fridge
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Creating the iterator
      • What just happened?
    • Our main function
      • Pop quiz Typedef, interfaces, and Enums
    • Summary
  • 7. Communication Between haXe Programs
    • The haXe serializer
      • Usefulness
      • Possibilities
        • Class instances
        • Custom serialization
        • Enum instances
        • Unserializing exceptions
        • Reducing size and preventing infinite loops
    • haXe remoting
      • Supported protocols and layers
        • Over HTTP
          • Implementation
        • Using the ExternalInterface
          • The JavaScript side
          • The Flash side
        • Using AMF
    • Time for action Writing a zoo management tool
    • The Animal class
    • Representing the zoo
    • Time for action Saving the list
    • Time for action Loading the list
    • The remoting service
      • The getList function
      • The createAnimal function
      • Tying it together
    • The client
    • Time for action Initializing the client connection
      • What just happened?
        • The createAnimal function
        • The listAnimals function
        • The main menu
      • Compiling the client
      • Have a go hero Represent data from JS in Flash
      • Pop quiz Doing the things
    • Summary
  • 8. Accessing Databases
    • Connecting to databases
      • php.db.Connection and neko.db.Connection
        • SQL usage
        • The interface
          • The close function
          • The commit function
          • The rollback function
          • The escape function
          • The quote function
          • The request function
          • The addValue function
          • The dbName function
          • The lastInsertId function
      • Connecting to the database
        • MySQL
        • SQLite
      • Dealing with results
        • Typing
    • The SPOD
      • Setting a SPOD object
      • The table name
      • Non-mapped fields
      • The cache
    • A concrete example of SPOD use
      • Setting the object
      • Setting the connection
    • The Manager
      • The all function
      • The count function
      • The delete function
      • The get function
      • The getWithKeys function
      • The object function
      • The objects function
      • The search function
    • Handling relations
    • Creating a blogging system
    • Time for action Creating the Users table
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Creating the User class
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Creating the Posts table
    • Time for action Creating the Post class
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Creating the connection to the database
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Listing posts
    • Time for action Listing users
    • Time for action Adding a user
    • Time for action Adding a post
    • Time for action Branching it with the main function
      • Have a go hero Listing posts from a specific user
      • Pop quiz Doing the things
    • Summary
  • 9. Templating
    • Introduction to the haxe.Template class
      • Printing a value
      • Branching
      • Using lists, arrays, and other iterables
    • Time for action Executing code from a template
      • What just happened?
    • Integrating subtemplates
    • Creating a blog's front page
    • Time for action Creating our SPOD class
    • Time for action Connecting to the database
    • Time for action Creating our template
    • Time for action Reading the template from resources
    • Time for action Executing the template
    • Time for action Testing the result
      • Pop quiz Doing the thing
      • Have a go hero Doing more with the thing
    • Summary
  • 10. Interfacing with the Target Platform
    • Extern classes
    • Time for action Writing an extern
      • What just happened?
      • Using an extern
      • Class path
      • Limitations
      • The __init__ magic
    • Native types and haXe types
      • The Neko and PHP cases
        • PHP functions
        • Neko functions
    • Magic functions
      • The Flash magic
        • __new__
        • __arguments__
        • __typeof__
        • __delete__
        • __eval__
        • __gettimer__
        • __geturl__
        • __instanceof__
        • __random__
        • __trace__
        • __keys__
        • __global__
        • __as__
        • __is__
        • __in__
      • The Neko magic
        • Arrays and strings
      • The PHP magic
        • __php__
        • __call__
        • __var__
        • __physeq__
      • Have a go hero Wrapping parameters in an array
      • Pop quiz Doing the things
    • Summary
  • 11. A Dynamic Website Using JavaScript
    • Manipulating the DOM
      • The browser's DOM
        • Nodes
        • Events
          • Level 1
          • Level 2
    • Time for action Using events from the DOM level 0
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Using DOM level 2 events
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Working around by storing reference to functions
      • What just happened?
      • Have a go hero A dynamic website with JavaScript
    • Time for action Setting up the model
    • Time for action Setting up our view
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Setting up the controller
    • Time for action Creating a computer view
      • What just happened?
    • The main class
    • Summary
  • 12. Creating a Game with haXe and Flash
    • Embedding assets
    • Time for action Installing SWFMILL
    • Time for action Creating a library
    • Time for action Using assets
    • Event handling
      • Have a go hero A game with Flash
      • The game design
      • The assets
      • The player's character
    • Time for action Drawing the character
    • Time for action Handling moves
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Moving the character
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Adding balls
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Updating the position
      • What just happened?
    • Time for action Detecting collisions
      • What just happened?
      • Have a go hero Adding a proper score display
      • Have a go hero Adding an online score table
      • Pop quiz Software used
    • Summary
  • A. Pop Quiz Answers
    • Chapter 1: Getting to know haXe
    • Chapter 3: Being Cross-platform with haXe
    • Chapter 4: Understanding Types
    • Chapter 5: The Dynamic Type and Properties
    • Chapter 6: Using and Writing Interfaces, Typedefs, and Enums
    • Chapter 7: Communication Between haXe Programs
    • Chapter 8: Accessing Databases
    • Chapter 9: Templating
    • Chapter 10: Interfacing with the Target Platform
    • Chapter 12: Creating a Game with haXe and Flash
  • Index

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