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haXe 2 Beginner's Guide
Jul, 2011 | 288 pages
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Table of Contents (21 chapters)
haxe 2
haxe 2
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting to know haXe
Getting to know haXe
Installing haXe
Choosing an editor
Writing your first program
Time for action – Writing a Hello World
A program with some interaction
Time for action – Interacting with the user
Summary
2
Basic Syntax and Branching
Basic Syntax and Branching
Modules, packages, and classes
Constants and its types
Binary and unary operators
Blocks
Variable declaration and scope
Time for action – Declaring some fields
Field access and function calls
Constructing class instance
Conditional branching
Loops
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
3
Being Cross-platform with haXe
Being Cross-platform with haXe
What is cross-platform in the library
Platform-specific packages
Conditional compilation
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
4
Understanding Types
Understanding Types
Explicitly typed variables
Static typing
Values with several types
Representing a blog article
Time for action – Representing different types of articles
Function's type
Anonymous objects
Creating a function to apply another one
Time for action – Applying a function on every item
Type inference
Casting
Type parameters
Extending the fridge
Time for action – A fridge with constraints
Summary
5
The Dynamic Type and Properties
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
Parameterized Dynamic class
Classes implementing Dynamic
Time for action – Implementing a non-parameterized Dynamic
Time for action – Implementing a parameterized Dynamic
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
Summary
6
Using and Writing Interfaces, Typedefs, and Enums
Using and Writing Interfaces, Typedefs, and Enums
Interfaces
Typedefs
Time for action – Naming Anonymous Types
Enums
Time for action – Switching over enums with parameters
Time for action – Writing our Fridge class
Time for action – Making it possible to iterate over a fridge
Time for action – Creating the iterator
Our main function
Summary
7
Communication Between haXe Programs
Communication Between haXe Programs
The haXe serializer
haXe remoting
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 client
Time for action – Initializing the client connection
Summary
8
Accessing Databases
Accessing Databases
Connecting to databases
The SPOD
A concrete example of SPOD use
The Manager
Handling relations
Creating a blogging system
Time for action – Creating the Users table
Time for action – Creating the User class
Time for action – Creating the Posts table
Time for action – Creating the Post class
Time for action – Creating the connection to the database
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
Summary
9
Templating
Templating
Introduction to the haxe.Template class
Time for action – Executing code from a template
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
Summary
10
Interfacing with the Target Platform
Interfacing with the Target Platform
Extern classes
Time for action – Writing an extern
Native types and haXe types
Magic functions
Summary
11
A Dynamic Website Using JavaScript
A Dynamic Website Using JavaScript
Manipulating the DOM
Time for action – Using events from the DOM level 0
Time for action – Using DOM level 2 events
Time for action – Working around by storing reference to functions
Time for action – Setting up the model
Time for action – Setting up our view
Time for action – Setting up the controller
Time for action – Creating a computer view
The main class
Summary
12
Creating a Game with haXe and Flash
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
Time for action – Drawing the character
Time for action – Handling moves
Time for action – Moving the character
Time for action – Adding balls
Time for action – Updating the position
Time for action – Detecting collisions
Summary
Pop Quiz Answers
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
Index

Embedding assets

Before we can use images or sounds in our applications for Flash, we should embed these assets. The haXe compiler does not directly manage that, but there are several tools that can be used to do it, such as the following:

  • SWFMILL

  • SamHaXe-Open

  • The Flash IDE

  • Some other tools that can export to SWF format

SWFMILL has been around for years, even before haXe. So, in this chapter, we are going to see how to use it.

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