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Opa Application Development
Opa is a full-stack Open Source web development framework for JavaScript that lets you write secure and scalable web applications. It generates standard Node.js/MongoDB applications, natively supports HTML5 and CSS and automates many aspects of modern web application programming. It handles all aspects of web programming written in one consistent language and compiled to web standards.
Opa Application Development is a practical,hands-on guide that provides you with a number of step-by-step exercises. It covers almost all aspects of developing a web application with Opa, which will help you take advantage of the real power of Opa, as well as building a secure, powerful web application rapidly.
Opa Application Development dives into all concepts and components required to build a web application with Opa. The first half of this book shows you all of the basic building blocks that you will need to develop an Opa application, including the syntax of Opa, web development aspects, client and server communication and slicing, plugin, database, and so on. By the end of the book you will have yourself created a complete web application along with a game: Pacman!
Opa Application Development is a practical,hands-on guide that provides you with a number of step-by-step exercises. It covers almost all aspects of developing a web application with Opa, which will help you take advantage of the real power of Opa, as well as building a secure, powerful web application rapidly.
Opa Application Development dives into all concepts and components required to build a web application with Opa. The first half of this book shows you all of the basic building blocks that you will need to develop an Opa application, including the syntax of Opa, web development aspects, client and server communication and slicing, plugin, database, and so on. By the end of the book you will have yourself created a complete web application along with a game: Pacman!
116 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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July 26, 2013
I read this book as introduction to Opa, because the language catched my eye and I was interested to learn more about it.
While writing this review I have 15 years of working as developer under my belt, since the new millenium mostly with PHP.
The versatility of PHP is a double-edged sword, its tempting to just stick to it, because for nearly every problem there is a solution available, but there are issues I am not happy with, so I am looking around for possible alternatives.
“Opa Application Development” helped me a lot in getting my head into the depths of Opa, but it is not an unconditional recommendation.
Firstly you really have to have some experience in programming, because the book does expect at least basic knowledge and then some.
Secondly you must expect some trouble getting Opa up and running, that the book uses more than 10% of its pages on explaining how to set everything up is indeed necessary and already the required steps are changing. For example when I installed Node.js it was in version 0.10.12 and from 0.10 and above it already includes npm, so trying to install npm separately gave me the funniest kind of errors.
Thirdly there is a number of typos, also in the source code examples, but that is not so bad if you download the source examples and use the provided files.
Putting this all aside, if you persevere and work completely through the book, you will have the tools and knowledge to successfully start your own project in Opa.
At this moment in time there are not too many books about Opa and while this book is by no means easy to digest, its is not a bad pick to get started in Opa if you have a professional background.
For me it really whet my appetite for more and I will try out if I can use Opa in one of my private projects.
While writing this review I have 15 years of working as developer under my belt, since the new millenium mostly with PHP.
The versatility of PHP is a double-edged sword, its tempting to just stick to it, because for nearly every problem there is a solution available, but there are issues I am not happy with, so I am looking around for possible alternatives.
“Opa Application Development” helped me a lot in getting my head into the depths of Opa, but it is not an unconditional recommendation.
Firstly you really have to have some experience in programming, because the book does expect at least basic knowledge and then some.
Secondly you must expect some trouble getting Opa up and running, that the book uses more than 10% of its pages on explaining how to set everything up is indeed necessary and already the required steps are changing. For example when I installed Node.js it was in version 0.10.12 and from 0.10 and above it already includes npm, so trying to install npm separately gave me the funniest kind of errors.
Thirdly there is a number of typos, also in the source code examples, but that is not so bad if you download the source examples and use the provided files.
Putting this all aside, if you persevere and work completely through the book, you will have the tools and knowledge to successfully start your own project in Opa.
At this moment in time there are not too many books about Opa and while this book is by no means easy to digest, its is not a bad pick to get started in Opa if you have a professional background.
For me it really whet my appetite for more and I will try out if I can use Opa in one of my private projects.
July 12, 2013
Opa Application Development
http://www.packtpub.com/opa-applicati...
This guide/book has really explored the Opa Framework. While there are plenty to choose from after reading this I would give it a shot, I really appreciate the how to features the Author uses.
You should be intermediate in your web development skills to get the most out of this book. I would recommend this to anyone looking to use this framework, it's not a cut n paste from the manual!
http://www.packtpub.com/opa-applicati...
This guide/book has really explored the Opa Framework. While there are plenty to choose from after reading this I would give it a shot, I really appreciate the how to features the Author uses.
You should be intermediate in your web development skills to get the most out of this book. I would recommend this to anyone looking to use this framework, it's not a cut n paste from the manual!
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