Title Statements
- Full title :Game programming with Python, Lua, and Ruby / Tom Gutschmidt.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Premier Press
- Place of Publication:Boston, MA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2004.
Notes
Includes index.
CD-ROM contains: source code for all samples and programs in the book, the software necessary to install Python, Ruby, or Lua, and open-source libraries and utilities including Pythonwin, Distutils, Numeric Python and Paws.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 437 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1592004083, 9781592004089, 1592000770, 9781592000777
- oclc:ocm55517432
- LC Classification:QA76.76.C672
- Dewey Decimal:794.8
Table of Contents
Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- What's in This Book? -- Why Learn Another Language? -- What's on the CD-ROM? -- PART ONE Introducing High-Level Languages -- CHAPTER 1 High-Level Language Overview -- High-Level Language Roots -- How Programming Languages Work -- Low-Level Languages -- Today's High-Level Languages -- Interpreted versus Compiled Languages -- Scripting Languages -- The Pros of High-Level Languages -- Cons of High-Level Languages
A Brief History of Structured ProgrammingIntroducing Python -- Python Features -- Introducing Lua -- Lua Features -- Introducing Ruby -- Ruby Features -- Summary -- Questions and Answers -- Exercises -- CHAPTER 2 Python, Lua, and Ruby Language Features -- Syntactical Similarities of Python, Lua, and Ruby -- Comments and Commenting -- Math and Algebraic Functions -- Boolean Logic -- Variables -- Lists and Strings -- Arrays -- Program Structure -- Linear Control Statements -- Conditional Control Statements -- Iterative Control Statements
The for LoopThe while Loop -- Miscellaneous Similarities -- End-of-Line Characters -- OOP Structure -- Function Ca…
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