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Professional HaXe and Neko

Synopsis:

As the first title to focus on haXe and Neko, this book walks you through unleashing the potential of these two free tools in order to use them to develop desktop and web based applications, including server-side and client side logic, using a single language. Step-by-step instructions and helpful examples uncover adventurous ways to build dynamic, database-driven web sites with Ajax-powered pages and eye-catching Flash content all with using only the solitary language of haXe.

Author Biography:

Franco Ponticelli is an experienced developer and solution architect. An Architecture Graduate with specialization in Industrial Design, he performed many different activities in the Information Technology area from 3D Computer Graphics to hard - core software development. In his continual research for the perfect development environment, he found haXe and fell in love. Franco is currently a self - employed developer and you can reach him on his personal website www.weblob.net. Lee McColl-Sylvester is an expert ActionScript developer as well as a seasoned master in systems integrations. A student in Visual Communications, he evolved his career specializing in advanced graphical interface development, as well as information management systems, database architecture, and hardware communications implementation. An inventor at heart, Lee discovered haXe while tinkering in the Open Source Flash arena. Lee is self - employed and can be reached through the haXe mailing list, or his website www.designrealm.co.uk.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments.foreword.introduction.

Part I, The Core Language.chapter 1, Introducing Haxe.chapter 2, Installing and Using Haxe and Neko.chapter 3, Learning The Basics.chapter 4, Controlling The Flow of Information.chapter 5, Delving Into Object-oriented Programming.chapter 6, Organizing Your Code.chapter 7, When Things Go Wrong.

Part II, Server Side, Javascript, and Flash, Oh My!chapter 8, Cross Platform Tools.chapter 9, Building Websites With Haxe.chapter 10, Separating Design Using Templates.chapter 11, Performing Server-side Trickery.chapter 12, Building Interactive Content With Flash.chapter 13, Replacing The Need for an Ide.chapter 14, More Interactive Content With Javascript.chapter 15, Putting It All Together With Haxe Remoting.

Part Iii, Extending The Possibilities.chapter 16, Haxe Advanced Topics.chapter 17, Desktop Applications With Neko.chapter 18, Desktop Flash With Swhx.chapter 19, Multimedia With Neko.chapter 20, Extending Haxe With C/c++.appendix A, Semantic Html.index.

Additional Information:

Illustrations: illustrations Related subjects: Virtual computer systems Object-oriented programming (Computer science) Programming languages Object-oriented programming (OOP)