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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
Free Chapter
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
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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

Typedefs

Typedefs are created using the typedef keyword. They allow you to define a type without having to create a class or an interface. They indeed can be used for several things.

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