Opa: Up and Running
eBook Details:
- Paperback: 164 pages
- Publisher: WOW! eBook (March 5, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1449328857
- ISBN-13: 978-1449328856
eBook Description:
Opa: Up and Running
- Learn fundamental concepts, including Opa’s functional programming style
- Discover how Opa compiles to JavaScript, using jQuery on the frontend and Node.js on the server
- Construct HTML resources dynamically and embed static resources on an Opa server
- Use Opa’s method for performing CRUD operations and storing key-value pairs in MongoDB
- Build an Opa user interface with the Bootstrap toolkit from Twitter
- Learn variant types, pattern-matching, polymorphic types, recursive functions, and other advanced features
- Manage user accounts by building login forms, handling account activation, and tracking logged users
- Build a reactive UI a real-time interface that continuously updates user events
Opa: Up and Running: Rapid and Secure Web Development
Want to simplify web development? This hands-on book shows you how to write frontend and backend code simultaneously, using the Opa framework. Opa provides a complete stack for web application development, including a web server, database engine, distribution libraries, and a programming language that compiles to JavaScript.
You’ll learn step-by-step how to use Opa by building two projects through the course of the book: a wiki application similar to Wikipedia, and a Twitter-like micro-blogging platform. Discover how easy it is to use Opa to develop applications with real-time updates, database interactions, and web service design.
- Learn fundamental concepts, including Opa’s functional programming style
- Discover how Opa compiles to JavaScript, using jQuery on the frontend and Node.js on the server
- Construct HTML resources dynamically and embed static resources on an Opa server
- Use Opa’s method for performing CRUD operations and storing key-value pairs in MongoDB
- Build an Opa user interface with the Bootstrap toolkit from Twitter
- Learn variant types, pattern-matching, polymorphic types, recursive functions, and other advanced features
- Manage user accounts by building login forms, handling account activation, and tracking logged users
- Build a reactive UI a real-time interface that continuously updates user events
Opa: Up and Running: Rapid and Secure Web Development
Want to simplify web development? This hands-on book shows you how to write frontend and backend code simultaneously, using the Opa framework. Opa provides a complete stack for web application development, including a web server, database engine, distribution libraries, and a programming language that compiles to JavaScript.
You’ll learn step-by-step how to use Opa by building two projects through the course of the book: a wiki application similar to Wikipedia, and a Twitter-like micro-blogging platform. Discover how easy it is to use Opa to develop applications with real-time updates, database interactions, and web service design.
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