Haxe Toolkit for cross-platform applications development
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The document introduces the Haxe toolkit for cross-platform development, detailing its history, language features, and architecture. It covers the use of Haxe for various platforms including mobile, desktop, and web, alongside examples of its application through libraries such as OpenFL and Lime. Additionally, it highlights Haxe's capabilities in game development and provides resources for further exploration.
![What does it look like ?
class Test {
static function main():Void {
var people:Array = [
"Elizabeth" => "Programming",
"Joel" => "Design"
];
for (name in people.keys()) {
var job = people[name];
trace('$name does $job for a living!');
}
}
}](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/haxetoolkit-140830064255-phpapp02/85/Haxe-Toolkit-for-cross-platform-applications-development-6-320.jpg)
Haxe Toolkit for cross-platform applications development
- 1. Cross-platform Development Introducing the Haxe Toolkit by Romuald Halasz, 02.08.2014
- 2. A little bit about me - started work with QuickBasic, BPascal, C++ - Visual Studio 2005, OpenGL, DirectX - PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript - Flash, Flex - Haxe, NME - currently hosting TGD Meetup
- 3. Presentation structure Introduction to Haxe - language features Cross-platform aspects - specific APIs - target specific platforms
- 4. Getting acquainted with Haxe A bit of history: 22 October 2005 by French developer Nicolas Cannasse Haxe 2.0 was released in July 2008, Haxe 3 was released in May 2013 open source Toolkit: - language - standard library - compiler
- 5. Language Specifics - based on ECMAScript standard, similar to ActionScript - strictly typed - object oriented - conditional compilation - inline calls - metadata - type params, constraints, variance - etc. (pattern matching, abstract types, string interpolation …) - more info: http://haxe.org/documentation/introduction/language-features.html
- 6. What does it look like ? class Test { static function main():Void { var people:Array = [ "Elizabeth" => "Programming", "Joel" => "Design" ]; for (name in people.keys()) { var job = people[name]; trace('$name does $job for a living!'); } } }
- 7. Language Architecture - Haxe API - platform-specific APIs - libraries - frameworks
- 9. Haxe Standard Library - general classes - system (requires platform compilation) - target specific APIs (cpp, cs, flash, php etc.)
- 10. Haxelib - library manager - CLI tool - browse and download libraries: http://lib.haxe.org/
- 11. Haxe and multiple platforms Going cross-platform! Let’s dive right into it. first, a bit of context...
- 13. Targets and Use Cases Name Kind Static typed Sys Use Cases Flash byte code Yes No Games, Mobile Neko byte code No Yes Web, CLI ActionScript 3 source Yes Yes Games, Mobile, API JavaScript source No No Web, Desktop, API PHP source No Yes Web C++ source Yes Yes Games, CLI, Mobile, Desktop Java source Yes Yes CLI, Mobile, Desktop C# source Yes Yes Mobile, Desktop Python source No Yes CLI, Web, Desktop
- 14. Platform Use Cases We will focus on: - Mobile - Desktop - Web - Games!
- 15. Library Spotlight: Lime “A foundational Haxe framework for cross-platform native development.” - abstraction layer - compile code to C++, JavaScript etc. Structure - CLI tools - platform-specific process - native layer (C++, Objective-C, Java) - Haxe wrapper
- 16. OpenFl, NME - provide support for creating cross-platform interfaces - flash-like API (display, events, text, external, net etc.)
- 17. Supported platforms Take your pick!
- 18. OpenFl in practice Targets: Desktop: Windows, Mac, Linux Mobile: iOS, Android, BlackBerry Web: Tizen, Emscripten, HTML5 Exposes: OpenGL, Audio, Input Windowing Useful native features
- 19. Haxe and Mobile Targets: C++, HTML5 Tools: - cross-platform APIs - libraries: StablexUI, HaxeUI For iOS and Android: Basis HTML5 target works with PhoneGap
- 20. Targeting iOS, Android, BlackBerry Android: - Android SDK/NDK, Apache ANT, Java JDK - supported by lime iOS: - Xcode required - target Flash, publish using AIR BlackBerry: - OpenFl is compatible with BlackBerry Tablet SDK - supported by lime
- 21. Desktop Targets Targets: C++, HTML5 Tools: Libraries: Waxe (Haxe + wxW) HTML5 targets work with Node-socket - app runtime - based on Chromium and Node.js https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
- 22. Targeting Windows, Mac, Linux Windows: - Neko (no dependencies) - C++, Visual Studio required Mac: - Neko - C++, requires Xcode Linux: - g++, gcc-multilib required !! Targeting restricted to current platform
- 23. Haxe on the Web Client targets: - JavaScript, ActionScript 3 Server targets: - PHP, Node, Neko
- 24. Haxe Web - clients Haxe and jQuery: - Haxe js.jQuery API - jQueryExternForHaxe (library) - more recent jQuery version - https://github.com/andyli/jQueryExternForHaxe
- 25. jQuery Example $(document).ready(function(){ $("#myDiv").hide(); }); import JQuery; class Main { static public function main():Void { new JQuery(function():Void { new JQuery("#myDiv").hide(); }); } }
- 26. Haxe Web - servers Haxe JS Kit https://github.com/clemos/haxe-js-kit includes Node.js - NPM libraries: Mongoose, Connect.js, Express.js, Socket.io, Passport.js, Atom-shell Haxenode - Node.js port for Haxe http://haxenode.herokuapp.com/
- 27. Haxenode Example (node) Node.js: var http = require('http'); var server = http.createServer( function (req, res) { res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); res.end('Hello Worldn'); } ); server.listen(1337, "127.0.0.1"); console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');
- 28. Haxenode Example (haxe) import js.Node; class Haxenode { public static function main() { var server = Node.http.createServer(function(req:NodeHttpServerReq, res: NodeHttpServerResp) { res.setHeader("Content-Type","text/plain"); res.writeHead(200); res.end('Hello Worldn'); } ); server.listen(1337,"localhost"); trace('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/'); } }
- 29. And last but not least, Games! Libraries: Frameworks: HaxeFlixel, awe6, HaxePunk
- 30. A close look at HaxePunk
- 31. More information haxe.org openfl.org haxepunk.com
- 32. Thank you very much !