Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment: Second Edition
By W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
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Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Pub Date: June 17, 2005
ISBN: 0201433079
Pages: 960
This completely updated classic (originally titled Practical UNIX Programming) demonstrates how to design complex software to get the most from the UNIX operating system. UNIX Systems Programming provides a clear and easy-to-understand introduction tothe essentials of UNIX programming. Starting with short code snippetsthat illustrate how to use system calls, Robbins and Robbins movequickly to hands-on projects that help readers expand their skill levels.
This practical guide thoroughly explores communication, concurrency,and multithreading. Known for its comprehensive and lucid explanations of complicated topics such as signals and concurrency, the book features practical examples, exercises, reusable code, and simplified libraries for use in network communication applications.
A self-contained reference that relies on the latest UNIX standards,UNIX Systems Programming provides thorough coverage of files, signals,semaphores, POSIX threads, and client-server communication. Thisedition features all-new chapters on the Web, UDP, and server performance. The sample material has been tested extensively in theclassroom.
Introduction
This book presents an introduction to programming interactive computer graphics, with an emphasis on game development, using Direct3D 10. It teaches the fundamentals of Direct3D and shader programming, after which the reader will be prepared to go on and learn more advanced techniques. The book is divided into three main parts. Part I explains the mathematical tools that will be used throughout this book. Part II shows how to implement fundamental tasks in Direct3D, such as initialization, defining 3D geometry, setting up cameras, creating vertex, pixel, and geometry shaders, lighting, texturing, blending, and stenciling. Part III is largely about applying Direct3D to implement a variety of interesting techniques and special effects, such as working with meshes, terrain rendering, picking, particle systems, environment mapping, normal mapping, shadows, and rendering to textures.
For the beginner, this book is best read front to back. The chapters have been organized so that the difficulty increases progressively with each chapter. In this way, there are no sudden jumps in complexity that leave the reader lost. In general, for a particular chapter, we will use the techniques and concepts previously developed. Therefore, it is important that you have mastered the material of a chapter before continuing. Experienced programmers can pick the chapters of interest.
Finally, you may be wondering what kinds of games you can create after reading this book. The answer to that question is best obtained by skimming through this book and seeing the types of applications that are developed. From that you should be able to visualize the types of games that can be developed based on the techniques taught in this book and some of your own ingenuity.
Intended Audience
This book was designed with the following three audiences in mind:
Intermediate level C++ programmers who would like an introduction to 3D programming using the latest iteration of Direct3D.
3D programmers experienced with an API other than DirectX (e.g., OpenGL) who would like an introduction to Direct3D 10.
Experienced Direct3D 9 programmers wishing to learn the latest iteration of Direct3D.
Herb Sutter is a leading authority on software development. He is the best selling author of Exceptional C++ as well as three other books and hundreds of technical papers and articles, including the widely-cited essay "The Free Lunch Is Over" which coined the term "concurrency revolution" to describe the software sea change now in progress to exploit increasingly parallel hardware. He served for over a decade as secretary and chair of the ISO C++ standards committee during the development of the second C++ standard, C++0x, and as lead architect of C++/CLI at Microsoft. Herb is currently the designer of the Prism memory model for Microsoft platforms and the Concur extensions to Visual C++ for parallel programming. His next book, Effective Concurrency, will be published by Addison-Wesley.
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OpenGL® Programming Guide, Sixth Edition
OpenGL is a powerful software interface used to produce high-quality, computergenerated images and interactive applications using 2D and 3D objects, bitmaps, and color images.
The OpenGL® Programming Guide, Sixth Edition, provides definitive and comprehensive information on OpenGL and the OpenGL Utility Library. The previous edition covered OpenGL through Version 2.0. This sixth edition of the best-selling "red book" describes the latest features of OpenGL Version 2.1. You will find clear explanations of OpenGL functionality and many basic computer graphics techniques, such as building and rendering 3D models; interactively viewing objects from different perspective points; and using shading, lighting, and texturing effects for greater realism. In addition, this book provides in-depth coverage of advanced techniques, including texture mapping, antialiasing, fog and atmospheric effects, NURBS, image processing, and more. The text also explores other key topics such as enhancing performance, OpenGL extensions, and cross-platform techniques.
This sixth edition has been updated to include the newest features of OpenGL Version 2.1, including:
Using server-side pixel buffer objects for fast pixel rectangle download and retrieval
Discussion of the sRGB texture format
Expanded discussion of the OpenGL Shading Language
This edition continues the discussion of the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) and explains the mechanics of using this language to create complex graphics effects and boost the computational power of OpenGL.
The OpenGL Technical Library provides tutorial and reference books for OpenGL. The Library enables programmers to gain a practical understanding of OpenGL and shows them how to unlock its full potential. Originally developed by SGI, the Library continues to evolve under the auspices of the OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) Steering Group (now part of the Khronos Group), an industry consortium responsible for guiding the evolution of OpenGL and related technologies.
About the Author
Dave Shreiner, a computer graphics specialist at ARM, Inc., was a longtime member of the core OpenGL team at SGI. He authored the first commercial OpenGL training course, and has been developing computer graphics applications for more than two decades. Dave regularly presents at SIGGRAPH and other conferences worldwide, and is coauthor of the OpenGL® Reference Manual (Addison-Wesley).
Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities, and Collaborations <br>By Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Alan McKean <br> <br>Publisher : Addison Wesley <br>Pub Date : November 08, 2002 <br>ISBN : 0-201-37943-0 <br>Pages : 416 <br><br><br><br><br>Noted object technologists Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and Alan McKean present a modern, thoughtful treatment on the design of object software.<br><br>Introduces Responsibility-Driven Design, the expert authors' proven method to building better software.<br><br>Practical strategies for increasing software's reliability and flexibility.<br><br>Helps reader discriminate important design choices from mundane ones, and to acquire a fundamental set of techniques that can be intelligently practiced<br><br>After more than ten years, object technology pioneer Rebecca Wirfs-Brock teams with expert Alan McKean to present a thoroughly updated, modern, and proven method for the design of software. The book is packed with practical design techniques that enable the practitioner to get the job done. Like many human endeavors, design is part art, part engineering, part guesswork, and part experimentation. Discipline, hard work, inspiration, and sound technique all play their part as well. For any given problem, there are many reasonable, but only a few very good solutions. The authors' goal is to help readers learn to make those very good design decisions on their own. The book explores challenges that software developers will face as they build their design, and shows how design patterns can be used to solve design problems. Long awaited and eagerly anticipated, this book represents the first great software design book of the century. A FUTURE CLASSIC!<br><br>Rebecca Wirfs-Brock is the founder of Wirfs-Brock Associates where she consults with clients on development practices and methods. Formerly, she was Chief Methodologist and Director of the Object Development Center of Excellence at Parc-Place Digitalk. She was the lead author of Designing Object-Oreinted Software, Prentice-Hall, 1990. Alan McKean is the co-founder of Wirfs-Brock Associates. He was formerly Object Methodologist at Parc-Place Digitalk. An experienced speaker and software developer, he has developed socre curricula in object-oriented design, programming, and distributed object systems.<br><br>
