1. Cross-platform
development with
Haxe, OpenFL & Cocktail
openFL

2. Raphaël Harmel
@djcodam
Speecheo co-founder
Intermedia Paris co-founder
Silex Labs evangelist

3. http://www.silexlabs.org/

4. 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

5. Technological
Context

6. Technological context
Connected application world fragmentation.
Explosion of costs and delays.

7. 2008
only computers & web browsers
< 10 platforms
Technological context

8. 2010
mobiles & tablets
> 30 platforms
Technological context

9. 2011
Set Top Box, Smart TV,
Gaming consoles
> 70 platforms
Technological context

11. Target platforms

12. Multi-platform language
HAXE

13. JS API FLASH API PHP API C++ API
Common API
(...)
+
Specifific APIs

14. Most used cross-platform tools
7 supported platforms
600.000
SDK download
Applications downloaded more
than 35 million times
Used in 3.33% of Android
applications
Chiffres 2012 - estimations
sources:
http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/dev
http://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

15. DEMO
https://github.com/SilexLabsThirdParty/haxe_samples

16. Haxe JS demo
Hello Wxrld!

17. Haxe Flash demo
Hello Wxrld!

18. Haxe PHP demo
Hello Wxrld!

19. Conditionnal Compilation
Haxe JS / FLASH / PHP examples

20. Haxe Remoting
Client-Server Communication

21. FEATURES

22. Targets
JavaScript / nodeJS
php
c++
ActionScript
c# (beta)
Java (beta)
neko

23. Libraries

24. Librairies
GAMES APPLICATIONS
openFL
(former NME)

25. Common points
● Natives Applications
& Web Apps
● 1 single code base for
all platforms
openFL
OpenFL vs Cocktail

26. Differences
Games vs Apps
openFL
OpenFL vs Cocktail

27. JS APIFlash API
OpenFL vs Cocktail
openFL

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

29. HTML & CSS implementation
uses DOM HTML API
open source
Cocktail

30. Targets
JavaScript
Flash
Used with OpenFL, Air & PhoneGap:
iOS
Android
Windows
MacOS
Linux
BlackBerry
WebOS
Smart TV
HbbTV
Cocktail

32. Cocktail
Features
HTML for markup
CSS for design
W3C DOM API for behaviour
application oriented
Works in stand-alone mode
or embedded in other applications

33. Architecture
Written en Haxe
Cross-platform code: 90%
Specific code for each target: 10%
Cocktail

34. 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
Cocktail
Realisations

35. Cocktail
Realisations
My TF1 Connect

36. http://openfl.org
http://www.joshuagranick.com/
openFL
(former NME)

37. cross-platform games framework
uses Flash API
open-source
openFL

38. Targets
iOS
Android
HTML5
Windows
MacOS
Linux
Flash
BlackBerry
WebOS
openFL

39. Features
2D video games oriented
bitmap manipulation
accelerated rendering (OpenGL)
handles keyboard, mouse, multi-touch, joystick
halndles spritesheet
halndles JPG, PNG, GIF
halndles MP3, WAV, OGG
openFL

40. Build tool
included command line build tool
simplifies deployement to any target
openFL

41. Architecture
most of the code is written in Haxe
native code for each platform to access
to OpenGL, font, file system APIs.
openFL

42. Realisations
openFL

43. QUESTIONS ?

44. http://haxe.org

45. Want to know more about Silex Labs ?
Official website
http://www.silexlabs.org/
Twitter
@silexlabs
Source code
https://github.com/silexlabs/
Forums
http://www.silexlabs.org/labs/

46. THANK YOU !