All you need is the haXe
and/or Neko distributions from www.haxe.org and www.nekovm.org respectively and a computer that
has either Windows 95 or above, a flavor of Linux, or Mac OSX as the running operating system.
??‘
??‘
??‘
Part I: The Core Language
10
Summary
In this chapter, you looked at:
The issues with developing for the Internet, today
What haXe and Neko are
Why haXe and Neko are beneficial to developers
What requirements are needed to run haXe and Neko
You install your copies of haXe and Neko in the next chapter.
??‘
??‘
??‘
??‘
Installing and Using
haXe and Neko
Starting out with a new language can seem intimidating if you ??™ re not sure how it relates to existing
languages that you ??™ re already comfortable with. That ??™ s why you ??™ ll take the traditional route. In
this chapter, you ??™ ll learn the very basics that will help you on your way to mastering haXe. You ??™ ll
learn the following:
How to manually install haXe and Neko on Windows and Linux machines
How to use the haXe automatic installer
How to write a simple application in haXe
How to compile your program to the Flash SWF format
How to compile your program to the JavaScript format
How to compile your program to the Neko format for the Web and desktop
How a basic haXe program is structured
How to build and execute an .
Pages:
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57