Opa Application Development -- Table of Contents -- Opa Application Development -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Started with Opa -- Installing Opa -- Installing Node.js -- Installing the required modules -- Installing the Opa compiler -- Testing the installation -- Setting up editors -- Sublime Text -- Vim -- Emacs -- Your first Opa application -- Summary -- 2. Basic Syntax -- Basic datatypes -- Integers -- Floats -- Strings -- Sum -- Functions -- Last expression return -- Modules -- Data structures -- Records -- Tuples -- Lists -- Iterating through a list -- Finding elements -- Transforming lists -- Sorting a list -- Maps -- Pattern matching -- Text parsers -- Summary -- 3. Developing Web Applications -- Starting a web server -- A simple example -- The server module -- Dispatching requests -- The resource handler -- The dispatch handler -- The register handler -- The customize handler -- The handlers group -- Preparing pages -- XHTML -- Creating a page -- Adding styles -- Handling events -- Manipulating DOMs -- DOM selection -- Reading values -- Updating content -- Binding an event handler -- Animations -- Summary -- 4. Using Bootstrap -- Importing Bootstrap -- Using classes -- Using icons -- Bootstrap icons -- Font Awesome icons -- Using widgets -- Summary -- 5. Communicating between Client and Server -- Client and server slicing -- A simple example -- Slicing annotations -- Module slicing -- Expression slicing -- Client and server communication -- Session -- Cell -- Network.

Summary -- 6. Binding with Other Languages -- Binding JavaScript -- The first example -- Using external types -- Binding Node.js -- Binding external functions using the classic syntax -- Summary -- 7. Working with Databases -- A quick start to MongoDB -- Database manipulation -- Records -- Lists -- Sets and maps -- Querying data -- Summary -- 8. Internationalization -- Internal approach -- External approach -- Summary -- 9. Building a Chat Application -- Creating a project -- Launching the web server -- Designing user interface -- Building application logic -- Broadcasting and receiving messages -- Summary -- 10. Building a Game - Pacman -- The project structure -- The HTML5 Canvas -- Drawing a shape -- Using the fill and stroke properties -- Drawing a curve -- Drawing an image -- Drawing the text -- Binding the external JavaScript library -- Preloading the resources -- Playing sounds -- Summary -- 11. Developing a Social Mobile Application - LiveRoom -- Project structure -- Authorizing a user -- Signing in and signing out -- Signing in with Facebook -- The application -- Listing topics -- Creating a topic -- Posting messages and comments -- Designing for mobile devices -- Summary -- Index.