3D Game Engine Design or Dreamweaver 8 All in One Desk Reference For Dummies

3D Game Engine Design: A Practical Approach to Real-Time Computer Graphics

Author: David H Eberly

"Virtually all the books on building 3D game engines cover the basics: here's a polygon, here's a transformation matrix, here's a perspective projection, and so on. The problem is that you can't make a professional quality game with just the basics. This leaves a large gap between you and your goal of creating a great game engine. With this book, Dave is launching a huge boulder into the gap, helping you scamper to your destination."
—Eric Yiskis, Lead Programmer, Oddworld Inhabitants
3D Game Engine Design is the first book to go beyond basic descriptions of algorithms and accurately demonstrate the complex engineering process required to design and build a real-time graphics engine to support physical realism. Faster algorithms will always win out over faster processors and assembly-language optimization techniques. Implementing those algorithms, however, can be a challenge for even experienced programmers.
This book provides rigorous explanations and derivations of all the essential concepts and techniques. Ideas are revealed step by step with numerous code examples and illustrations. Source code implementations are included on the companion CD-ROM to help you understand the full progression from idea, to algorithm, to working code. Since algorithms are not used in isolation, the source code for a complete engine is provided to bring crucial context to the implementations. This book and CD-ROM offer the most comprehensive professional reference available for the development of 3D game engines.
Features:
* Designed for professionals working in game development, simulation, scientific visualization, or virtual worlds
* Written by a respected game engineerand designer of a leading commercial game engine
* Thoroughly describes the algorithms-fully implemented in working code-that are the key to writing the fastest, most efficient code possible
* Provides source code for Windows 95/98/NT/2000, Linux/Unix, and Macintosh platforms.
About the software:
Includes a CD-ROM with C++ source code implementations of all the algorithms covered in the text as well as source code for a complete game engine. Updates for the engine, new ports (such as for the Macintosh), FAQs, and additional material on real-time graphics can be found at Geometric Tools website http://www.geometrictools.com. The renderer layer of the engine is abstract and can work with whichever API is desired. An OpenGL-based renderer, DirectX8 (Direct3D), and a GLUT-based hardware renderer for either Windows or Linux are included.

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Dreamweaver 8 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Author: Jon A Phillips

Nine minibooks, filling nearly 800 pages, take you beyond Dreamweaver basics, giving you the know-how and hands-on techniques necessary to create state-of-the-art Web sites. You'll master Dreamweaver basics, such as laying out pages, adding content to pages, and working with code; develop Web applications and databases; make pages dynamic; and learn to use Dreamweaver with Contribute. Order your copy of this reference to the popular software application today.

Table of Contents:

Bk. 1	Getting started	7
Ch. 1	Cruising around the Dreamweaver 8 workspace	9
Ch. 2	Planning and designing your site	31
Ch. 3	Creating and managing sites	41
Bk. II	Mastering the basics	53
Ch. 1	Creating documents	55
Ch. 2	Working with text	67
Ch. 3	Inserting graphics	83
Ch. 4	Making links with text and images	101
Ch. 5	Adding flash, movies, sound, and more	115
Ch. 6	Creating tables for layout	141
Ch. 7	Building fabulous forms	161
Bk. III	Working like the pros	185
Ch. 1	Looking good with cascading style sheets (CSS)	187
Ch. 2	Building sites with templates	223
Ch. 3	Using library items and server-side includes	257
Ch. 4	Creating code snippets and history panel commands	275
Ch. 5	Integrating Dreamweaver with fireworks	293
Bk. IV	Energizing your site	311
Ch. 1	Working with layers	313
Ch. 2	Jazzing up pages with JavaScript behaviors	335
Ch. 3	Designing pages with frames	387
Ch. 4	Introducing timelines	417
Ch. 5	Making your pages XHTML compliant	433
Bk. V	Publishing your site	443
Ch. 1	Using reports to text your site before publishing	445
Ch. 2	Keeping your code clean	469
Ch. 3	Preparing to publish your files	485
Ch. 4	Publishing your Web pages	501
Bk. VI	Working collaboratively	513
Ch. 1	Working efficiently with a team	515
Ch. 2	Setting up and connecting to a contribute site	533
Ch. 3	Managing a contribute site	547
Bk. VII	Building Web applications	555
Ch. 1	Building Web applications	557
Ch. 2	Configuring database connections for PHP	573
Ch. 3	Configuring ASP database connections	583
Ch. 4	Configuring ASP.NET database connections	593
Ch. 5	Configuring JSP database connections	603
Ch. 6	Configuring ColdFusion database connections	611
Ch. 7	Dealing with database issues	621
Bk. VIII	Making pages dynamic	631
Ch. 1	Preparing dynamic content sources	633
Ch. 2	Using dynamic content in your Web pages	645
Ch. 3	Previewing and testing your dynamic pages	657
Ch. 4	Building dynamic forms	667
Ch. 5	Advanced dynamic data presentation	675
Bk. IX	Developing applications rapidly	689
Ch. 1	Building master and detail pages	691
Ch. 2	Creating search and results pages	709
Ch. 3	Building record insert pages	723
Ch. 4	Developing record update and delete pages	735
Ch. 5	Using advanced data manipulation tools	755
Ch. 6	Restricting site access	763