Flash 10 Multiplayer Game Essentials

Flash 10 Multiplayer Game Essentials
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Packt Publishing (July, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1847196608
ISBN-13: 978-1847196606
File Size: 17.1 MB
Multiplayer web-based games are more popular than any others, and developing your own is an exciting challenge. But developing multiplayer games is a complex task. There are few resources that explain how to build multiplayer games from the ground up.

This comprehensive guide is packed with practical examples and insights into basic and fundamental knowledge for developing real-time multiplayer games in Flash.

This book starts with the essential ingredients to develop Flash games using Flash Builder 4 and AS3, followed by the basic Flash programming that you need to know in order to write any Flash game. You will learn the basic features that a developer must implement for any multiplayer game. The chapters discuss the challenges you will face when developing a multiplayer game. You will learn to leverage the PulseUI framework to quickly develop a multiplayer game along with all the required screen management. The simple, but powerful, Pulse API model required for multiplayer game development is thoroughly explained as well. As you go through these concepts, you will learn to implement them using code examples.

The last section takes you through four multiplayer game implementations of increasing complexity: first a simple turn-based TicTacToe, followed by a multi-player Jigsaw, a card-based racing game, and finally a complex space racing game.

A development guide for all your multiplayer games

Create exciting real-time multiplayer games using Flash

* A complete end-to-end guide for creating fully featured multiplayer games
* The author’s experience in the gaming industry enables him to share insights on multiplayer game development
* Walk-though several real-time multiplayer game implementations
* Packed with illustrations and code snippets with supporting explanations for ease of understanding

What you will learn from this book

* Explore the essential functionalities of a Game Server
* Exchange information between the players using game state actions
* Customize parts of the game screens–login, new game screen, players, friends display, and more
* Prototype your multiplayer games rapidly using PulseUI
* Walk through the code that manages the graphics of a game
* Model complex game environments using XML game schema
* Design the schema needed to implement a game using game states
* Delve into the basics of screen management and the Pulse game state APIs
* Deploy the game design schema required for multiplayer games

Approach
The book provides all the essentials needed to implement a fully featured multiplayer game in Flash. It begins by dissecting a basic hello-world example providing its code and an insight into each feature that is required. Following the book is easy because of the excellent illustrations and working code samples. Four complete game implementations with increasing complexity are discussed; each example is presented with detailed design, implementation code, and screenshots.

Who this book is written for
This book discusses essentials for beginner to intermediate Flash Developers who have perhaps created a game or two in Flash and want to take the next step, and create something that can be played by two or more players over the internet. This book will appeal to professional and amateur developers with an inclination to build synchronous multiplayer games with Flash. No prior knowledge of networking or server-side programming is required.

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Oracle Application Express 3.2: The Essentials and More (Repost)

Oracle Application Express 3.2: The Essentials and More
Publisher: Packt Publishing 2010 | 644 Pages | ISBN: 1847194524 | PDF | 11.1 MB
Developing data-centric web applications can be a real challenge as it is a multi-disciplinary process. There are many technologies involved in the client side (HTML, CSS, javascript, and so on); the interaction with the database, on the server side; the typeless nature of the web environment; and above all, the need to put it all together. This needs to be done in a manner that will allow the end users to do their job in the simplest and most efficient way, while enriching their user experience. How often have you wished that developing such applications could be uncomplicated and straightforward? This book will show you that it?s possible, and teaches you how to do it, using Oracle Application Express (APEX).

With this practical guide to APEX, you?ll learn how to easily develop data-centric web applications for the Oracle environment. The book covers the development cycle of an APEX application, reviewing the major APEX principles and building blocks chapter by chapter. It starts with the basic skills you need to get going when developing with APEX. Later, you will learn advanced issues, such as how to build tailor-made forms and reports, using APEX APIs, AJAX, and so on. It not only deals with the ?How? but also with the ?Why?, and before long you will be able to understand APEX concepts, and use them to expand and enhance the built-in features, wizards, and tools.

The book starts with the design phase, including building the necessary database objects infrastructure; continues with ways to implement the application logic (on the server side) and the User Interface (on the client side), whilst showing you how to enhance your applications? features and functionality according to your specific needs; and it ends with application deployment.

The book emphasizes and clearly documents areas such as Globalization, Localization, and developing multi-lingual applications, and includes a special discussion about Right-To-Left (RTL) support for APEX applications, documented here for the first time.

Throughout the book, there are many screenshots and snippets of code, taken from working APEX applications. The book is accompanied by demo APEX applications that you can download and install in your APEX environment, thoroughly analyze, and learn from as you read the book.

Develop Native Oracle database-centric web applications quickly and easily with Oracle APEX

Grasp the principles behind APEX to develop efficient and optimized data-centric native web applications, for the Oracle environment
Gain a better understanding of the major principles and building blocks of APEX, like the IDE and its modules
Review APEX-related technologies like HTML and the DOM, CSS, and javascript, which will help you to develop better, richer, and more efficient APEX applications
Learn to Globalize APEX applications, including Right-To-Left support
This book covers APEX version 3.2, but the information is broadly applicable to all 3.x versions

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Oracle Application Express 3.2: The Essentials and More By Arie Geller, Matthew Lyon (Repost)

Oracle Application Express 3.2: The Essentials and More By Arie Geller, Matthew Lyon
Publisher: Packt Publishing 2010 | 644 Pages | ISBN: 1847194524 | PDF | 11.1 MB
Developing data-centric web applications can be a real challenge as it is a multi-disciplinary process. There are many technologies involved in the client side (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and so on); the interaction with the database, on the server side; the typeless nature of the web environment; and above all, the need to put it all together. This needs to be done in a manner that will allow the end users to do their job in the simplest and most efficient way, while enriching their user experience. How often have you wished that developing such applications could be uncomplicated and straightforward? This book will show you that it’s possible, and teaches you how to do it, using Oracle Application Express (APEX).

With this practical guide to APEX, you’ll learn how to easily develop data-centric web applications for the Oracle environment. The book covers the development cycle of an APEX application, reviewing the major APEX principles and building blocks chapter by chapter. It starts with the basic skills you need to get going when developing with APEX. Later, you will learn advanced issues, such as how to build tailor-made forms and reports, using APEX APIs, AJAX, and so on. It not only deals with the “How” but also with the “Why”, and before long you will be able to understand APEX concepts, and use them to expand and enhance the built-in features, wizards, and tools.

The book starts with the design phase, including building the necessary database objects infrastructure; continues with ways to implement the application logic (on the server side) and the User Interface (on the client side), whilst showing you how to enhance your applications’ features and functionality according to your specific needs; and it ends with application deployment.

The book emphasizes and clearly documents areas such as Globalization, Localization, and developing multi-lingual applications, and includes a special discussion about Right-To-Left (RTL) support for APEX applications, documented here for the first time.

Throughout the book, there are many screenshots and snippets of code, taken from working APEX applications. The book is accompanied by demo APEX applications that you can download and install in your APEX environment, thoroughly analyze, and learn from as you read the book.

Develop Native Oracle database-centric web applications quickly and easily with Oracle APEX

Grasp the principles behind APEX to develop efficient and optimized data-centric native web applications, for the Oracle environment
Gain a better understanding of the major principles and building blocks of APEX, like the IDE and its modules
Review APEX-related technologies like HTML and the DOM, CSS, and JavaScript, which will help you to develop better, richer, and more efficient APEX applications
Learn to Globalize APEX applications, including Right-To-Left support
This book covers APEX version 3.2, but the information is broadly applicable to all 3.x versions

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