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Professional haXe and Neko (Programmer to Programmer)
by L. McColl-Sylvester, F. Ponticelli
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Wrox (2008-02-11)
ISBN: 0470122137
EAN: 9780470122136
Dewey Decimal #: 006.8
Binding/Media: Paperback - 600 pages
SKU: 102309-0378
Condition: New
Comments: 0470122137 Brand new, may have wear on cover, we have a HUGE selection of computer books at great prices! All discs included if issued by publisher. New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
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 contentall with using only the solitary language of haXe.
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Customer Reviews
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haXe: Bringing order back to the Web
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-11-11
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
The "Web based language" haXe focuses on targeting a variety of web platforms directly with a single syntax. However, haXe is not just a framework like Ruby on Rails. Instead, it targets virtual machines at the bytecode level where possible. With a single class file, it is possible to produce javascript, php, SWF objects, etc.
What is even more impressive is that haXe is able to provide these targets with expressive type checking capabilities, enabling better debugging facilities, while also improving execution efficiency in many cases.
The authors do a great job of introducing the specifics of the language, and help the reader wrap their head around the kind of inter-platform functionality that haXe makes possible.
The only negative for this book is the fact that it is slightly outdated, given that it was written for haXe 1.15, while haXe itself has recently hit version 2.0. However, if you're looking for a comprehensive introduction to what haXe is all about, I would still recommend buying this book, and also subscribing to the haXe mailing list to stay on top of all the new features the language is offering.
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