Designed as a Java based textbook for beginning programmers, this book uses game programming as a central pedagogical tool to improve student engagement, learning outcomes, and retention. The new edition includes updating the GUI interface chapters from Swing based to FX based programs. The game programming is incorporated into the text in a way ......
This book is the basic guide for developers, architects, engineers, and anyone who wants to start leveraging the open-source software Hadoop and Hive to build distributed, scalable concurrent big data applications. Hive will be used for reading, writing, and managing the large, data set files. The book is a concise guide on getting started with an ......
As part of the best-selling PocketPrimer series, this book is designed tointroduce readers to an assortment of powerful command-line utilities that canbe combined to create simple, yet powerful shell scripts. While all examplesand scripts use the "bash" command set, many of the concepts translate intoother command shells (such as sh, ksh,zsh, and ......
Provides new and seasoned users with step-by-step procedures on creating and modifying 3D models, working with cameras and lights, assigning materials to objects, rendering, and printing. Unlike many AutoCAD competitors, this book uses both metric and imperial units to illustrate the myriad tools for this popular application.
This new edition provides step-by-step instruction on modern 3D graphics shader programming in OpenGL with C++, along with its theoretical foundations. It is appropriate both for computer science graphics courses and for professionals interested in mastering 3D graphics skills. Ithas been designed in a 4-color, "teach-yourself" format with ......
Microsoft Access 2019 Programming by Example with VBA, XML, and ASP takes non-programmers through detailed steps of creating Access databases from scratch and shows them how to retrieve and manage their data programmatically using various programming languages and techniques. Includes more than 275 applied examples and 10 projects.
This updated edition leads the reader through introductory understanding of the science underlying electronics, building basic circuits, learning the roles of the components, the application of digital theory and the possibilities for innovation by combining sensors, motors, and microcontrollers.
Designed for both the student and hobbyist, this updated revision is an introduction to the theory and practice of electronics including advances in microcontrollers, sensors, and wireless communication.
The book is designed to cover all major aspects of applied numerical methods, including numerical computations, solution of algebraic and transcendental equations, finite differences and interpolation, curve fitting, correlation and regression, numerical differentiation and integration, matrices and linear system of equations, numerical solution ......
