haXe 2: Beginner’s Guide

haXe is the universal programming language that is completely cross-platform and provides a standard library that remains the same – regardless of platform.

haXe 2 Beginner’s Guide will get you up and running with this exciting language and will guide you through its features in the easiest way possible.

haXe has filled the gap in creating multi-platform applications, and haXe 2 Beginner’s Guide will fill the gap in learning all you need to know about haXe – even if it’s the first time you have heard of it.

This book will enable you to fully realize haXe’s potential for translating code from a haXe program into different languages.

Start with learning how to install haXe, work your way up to templating, and finally learn exactly how to make the same code work for multiple platforms. In between, find heaps of tricks and techniques and work with haXe’s typing system. Learn about inheritance, go from learning what a parameter is to creating your own parameterized classes, and find out what the fuss is all about regarding the dynamic type.

By the time you are done with this book, you’ll find yourself writing efficient haXe code for multiple platforms in less time than you can say “compatible”.

What you will learn from this book:
Install haXe, get to know the community, and write your first program
Declare classes and variables in haXe
Learn about branching so that your program can make decisions and choose different paths according to conditions
Iterate lists and get things organized into modules, packages, classes – the lot
Learn about haXe’s typing system
Learn features such as type inference and Dynamic objects
Learn all there is to know about the famed Dynamic type
Use and write interfaces, typedefs, and enums
Learn to use templates in haXe to further enhance your web applications