Cross-platformdevelopment with

Haxe, OpenFL & Cocktail

openFL

Raphaël Harmel@djcodam

Speecheo co-founderIntermedia Paris co-founder

Silex Labs evangelist

http://www.silexlabs.org/

Client-server communication

protocol

Websites and digital publishing

Non-profit organisation supporting open-source software.> 800 000 downloads

Cross-platform applications creation (mobile, tablet, Smart TV...)

Silex Labs

Technological Context

Technological context

Connected application world fragmentation.Explosion of costs and delays.

2008only computers & web browsers

< 10 platforms

Technological context

2010mobiles & tablets

> 30 platforms

Technological context

2011Set Top Box, Smart TV,

Gaming consoles> 70 platforms

Technological context

Target platforms

Multi-platform language

HAXE

JS API FLASH API PHP API C++ API

Common API

(...)

+Specifific APIs

Most used cross-platform tools

7 supported platforms

600.000SDK download

Applications downloaded more than 35 million times

Used in 3.33% of Android applications

Chiffres 2012 - estimationssources:

http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/devhttp://www.visionmobile.com/product/cross-platform-developer-tools-2012/

5 supported platforms

3 million developers

Used in 1.51% of Android applications

Some numbers...

5 supported platforms

1.5 million developers

1.85 million SDK download

35.000 applications published and deployed over 40 million

devices

Used in 0.16% dof Android applications

DEMO

https://github.com/SilexLabsThirdParty/haxe_samples

Haxe JS demoHello Wxrld!

Haxe Flash demoHello Wxrld!

Haxe PHP demoHello Wxrld!

Conditionnal CompilationHaxe JS / FLASH / PHP examples

Haxe RemotingClient-Server Communication

FEATURES

TargetsJavaScript / nodeJS

phpc++

ActionScript c# (beta)

Java (beta)neko

Libraries

Librairies

GAMES APPLICATIONS

openFL(former NME)

Common points

● Natives Applications& Web Apps

● 1 single code base for all platforms

openFL

OpenFL vs Cocktail

DifferencesGames vs Apps

openFL

OpenFL vs Cocktail

JS APIFlash API

OpenFL vs Cocktail

openFL

http://www.silexlabs.org/haxe/cocktail/

Cocktail

HTML & CSS implementationuses DOM HTML API

open source

Cocktail

TargetsJavaScript

Flash

Used with OpenFL, Air & PhoneGap:iOS

AndroidWindowsMacOSLinux

BlackBerryWebOS

Smart TV HbbTV

Cocktail

Cocktail

FeaturesHTML for markup CSS for design

W3C DOM API for behaviour

application oriented

Works in stand-alone modeor embedded in other applications

ArchitectureWritten en Haxe

Cross-platform code: 90%Specific code for each target: 10%

Cocktail

THE LEADING GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR SOCIAL VIDEO ADVERTISING

Video player

Video player allowing:● Youtube and DailyMotion

video streaming● advertising injection● social network sharing

15 million impressions / month

CocktailRealisations

CocktailRealisationsMy TF1 Connect

http://openfl.orghttp://www.joshuagranick.com/

openFL(former NME)

cross-platform games frameworkuses Flash API

open-source

openFL

TargetsiOS

AndroidHTML5

WindowsMacOSLinuxFlash

BlackBerryWebOS

openFL

Features2D video games oriented

bitmap manipulationaccelerated rendering (OpenGL)

handles keyboard, mouse, multi-touch, joystickhalndles spritesheet

halndles JPG, PNG, GIFhalndles MP3, WAV, OGG

openFL

Build toolincluded command line build tool

simplifies deployement to any target

openFL

Architecturemost of the code is written in Haxe

native code for each platform to accessto OpenGL, font, file system APIs.

openFL

RealisationsopenFL

QUESTIONS ?

http://haxe.org

Want to know more about Silex Labs ?

Official websitehttp://www.silexlabs.org/

Twitter@silexlabs

Source codehttps://github.com/silexlabs/

Forumshttp://www.silexlabs.org/labs/

THANK YOU !