Год выпуска: 2003
Издательство: Premier Press
Автор Tom Gutschmidt
ISBN: 1-59200-079-7
Формат: PDF
Качество: eBook
Количество страниц: 458
Описание: This book is written for programmers of all skill levels. Some
readers will want to jump immediately to a specific section, while others will
want to read the book in a linear fashion. To make it easy, each language
section starts with a chapter of introduction that covers the basics of syntax
and style and then follows up with chapters in which I'll go into more depth.
Each language is presented in a similar way, so that it is easy to skip around
and hit the sections in the book that interest you most.
Part
One is an introduction to high-level languages. It outlines the features of
high-level languages, summarizes their history, and touches on game shops and
projects that use them. This part also covers specific similarities of Python,
Lua, and Ruby syntax and discusses features like common functions, string
handling, data types, comments, and arrays and lists.
Parts Two, Three, and Four jump into the languages
themselves, first with a speedy overview and quick tour, then with specific
multimedia libraries, common commands, and the scripting of a few games. The
parts wrap up with a discussion of a few of the popular game engines, projects,
and industry examples. Part Two belongs to Python, Part Three is Lua's, and
Part Four covers Ruby.
Part
Five focuses on extending game programming into even more languagesa
powerful ability each of these languages shareand then wraps up the book with
how high-level languages fit into the development cycle.
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