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2021 | 686 Pages | ISBN: 1800565860 | PDF | 9 MB
Get ready to learn Java the fun way by developing games for the Android platform with this new and updated third editionKey FeaturesLearn Java, Android, and object-oriented programming from scratchFind out how to build games including Sub Hunter, Retro Pong, Bullet Hell, Classic Snake, and Scrolling ShootersCreate and design your own games by learning all the concepts that a game developer must knowBook DescriptionAndroid is one of the most popular mobile operating systems today. It uses the most popular programming language, Java, as one of the primary languages for building apps of all types. Unlike most other Android books, this book doesn't assume that you have any prior knowledge of Java programming, instead helps you get started with building Android games as a beginner. This new, improved, and updated third edition of Learning Java by Building Android Games helps you to build Android games from scratch. Once you've got to grips with the fundamentals, the difficulty level increases steadily as you explore key Java topics, such as variables, loops, methods, object-oriented programming (OOP), and design patterns while working with up-to-date code and supporting examples. At each stage, you'll be able to test your understanding by implementing the concepts that you've learned to develop a game. Toward the end, you'll build games such as Sub Hunter, Retro Pong, Bullet Hell, Classic Snake, and Scrolling Shooter. By the end of this Java book, you'll not only have a solid understanding of Java and Android basics but will also have developed five cool games for the Android platform.What you will learnSet up a game development environment in Android StudioRespond to a player's touch and program intelligent enemies who can challenge the player in different waysExplore collision detection, sprite sheets animation, simple tracking and following, AI, parallax backgrounds, and particle explosionsAnimate objects at 60 FPS and manage multiple independent objects using OOPWork with design patterns such as OOP, singleton, strategy, and entity-componentWork with the Android API, the SoundPool API, Paint, Canvas, Bitmap classes, and detect version numbersWho this book is forLearning Java by Building Android Games is for anyone who is new to Java, Android, or game programming and wants to develop Android games. The book will also serve as a refresher for those who already have experience using Java on Android or any other platform but are new to game development.Table of ContentsJava, Android, and Game DevelopmentJava- First ContactVariables, Operators, and ExpressionsStructuring Code with Java MethodsThe Android Canvas Class - Drawing to the ScreenRepeating Blocks of Code with LoopsMaking Decisions with Java If, Else, and SwitchObject-Oriented ProgrammingThe Game Engine, Threads, and the Game LoopCoding the Bat and BallCollisions, Sound Effects, and Supporting Different Versions of AndroidHandling Lots of Data with ArraysBitmap Graphics and Measuring TimeJava Collections, the Stack, the Heap, and the Garbage CollectorAndroid Localization- Hola!Collections and EnumerationsManipulating Bitmaps and Coding the Snake ClassIntroduction to Design Patterns and Much More!Listening with the Observer Pattern, Multitouch, and Building a Particle SystemMore Patterns, a Scrolling Background, and Building the Player's ShipCompleting the Scrolling Shooter GameWhat Next?

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English | October 15, 2019 | ISBN: 1492047961 | 203 pages | MOBI | 1.90 Mb
Until recently, learning CoreDNS required reading the code or combing through the skimpy documentation on the website. No longer. With this practical book, developers and operators working with Docker or Linux containers will learn how to use this standard DNS server with Kubernetes.

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While being a mother is challenging, demanding, and sometimes isolating, it is one of the most important, heroic, and life-changing roles out there, and God is with you every day on the job.

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English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032030518 | 251 Pages | PDF (True) | 19 MB
This book presents an integrated and holistic discussion on cadmium, lead and mercury toxicity in aquatic environments, expanding general concepts on chemical speciation effects and exploring specific environmental toxicological issues, exposure routes, and bioanalytical approaches for their determination and assessments on their intracellular deleterious effects. It contains worldwide and regional aspects on cadmium, lead and mercury occurrence, fate, and toxicity, addressing key environmental exposure and health risk concerns to both humans and aquatic organisms. Our book is of interest to anyone conducting research in the broad fields of oceanography, geochemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental and public health.

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Put simply, this book delves on the relationship between the prices of domestic shares issued by Indian companies and the prices of foreign shares issued by the same companies. It also examines the evolving uncertainty in relationships between such dually-listed shares issued by Indian companies. It draws upon the insights that we garnered over the years while working on technical papers in this area.

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English | ISBN: 0197603726 | 2022 | 296 pages | PDF | 8 MB
In most mainstream traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, women have for centuries largely been excluded from positions of religious and ritual leadership. However, as this volume shows, in an increasing number of late-20th-century and early-21st-century contexts, women can and do undergo monastic and priestly education; they can receive ordination/initiation as Buddhist nuns or Hindu priestesses; and they are accepted as religious and political leaders. Even though these processes still take place largely outside or at the margins of traditional religious institutions, it is clear that women are actually establishing new religious trends and currents. They are attracting followers, and they are occupying religious positions on par with men.

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2008 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 9745240931 | PDF | 81 MB
In this cultural history of paper, acclaimed paper artist Therese Weber travels to the few remaining places where traditional methods of papermaking have been preserved.

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2012 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 0801450810 | PDF | 2 MB
Domestic and international development strategies often focus on private ownership as a crucial anchor for long-term investment; the security of property rights provides a foundation for capitalist expansion. In recent years, Thailand's policies have been hailed as a prime example of how granting formal land rights to poor farmers in low-income countries can result in economic benefits. But the country provides a puzzle: Thailand faced major security threats from colonial powers in the nineteenth century and from communism in the twentieth century, yet only in the latter case did the government respond with pro-development tactics. In Land and Loyalty, Tomas Larsson argues that institutional underdevelopment may prove, under certain circumstances, a strategic advantage rather than a weakness and that external threats play an important role in shaping the development of property regimes. Security concerns, he find, often guide economic policy. The domestic legacies, legal and socioeconomic, resulting from state responses to the outside world shape and limit the strategies available to politicians. While Larsson's extensive archival research findings are drawn from Thai sources, he situates the experiences of Thailand in comparative perspective by contrasting them with the trajectory of property rights in Japan, Burma, and the Philippines.

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English | 2018 | ISBN: 1788837665 | PDF | pages: 233 | 3.0 mb
Build optimized applications in Kotlin by learning how to make use of the standard library features the smart way.