HaXe 2 beginner's guide : develop exciting applications with this multi-platform programming language /
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| Author / Creator: | Dasnois, Benjamin. |
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| Imprint: | Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Pub., ©2011. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Community experience distilled Community experience distilled. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11119650 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 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; A program with some interaction; Time for action
- interacting with the user; Summary
- Chapter 2:Basic Syntax and BranchingModules, 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; In a block of instructions
- Field access and function callsConstructing class instance; Conditional branching; If; Switch; Loops; While; For; Break and continue; Time for action
- Using the break keyword; Time for action
- Using the continue keyword; Return; Exception handling; Anonymous objects; Local functions; Managing a fridge; Time for action
- Managing a fridge; Summary; Chapter 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 expressionsXML 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; Time for action
- Reading from the XML file; Time for action
- Writing to an XML file; Testing our sample; Making it cross-platform; Summary; Chapter 4:Understanding Types
- Explicitly typed variablesStatic 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; Type inference; Assigning a value; Assigning the value of the variable to another one; Passing the variable as a parameter; Casting; Safe casting