More Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner

First Edition
Author: Jonathan S. Harbour
ISBN #: 1435459806
©2012   Publish Date: 09/28/2011
Binding: PB
Pages: 432
Publisher: Cengage Learning PTR

Price: $34.99

Product Benefits:

• Utilizes game creation as a teaching tool, a defining characteristic of the successful ABSOLUTE BEGINNER series of titles.
• Builds a solid foundation of real-world knowledge by progressing through increasingly challenging programming projects that build on skills already learned.
• Encourages readers to test their skills and apply their knowledge with end-of-chapter challenges.
• Includes all of the source code and bonus materials on the companion web site.

Table of Contents:

Part I: MORE PYTHON CONCEPTS.
1. PYTHON HAS CLASS.
2. The Many Shapes of Polymorphic Python.
3. Willful Inheritance in Python.
4. Doing Weird Stuff with Python.
Part II: DOING 2D WITH PYTHON AND PYGAME.
5. Drawing Pygame Bitmaps.
6. Animation with Pygame Sprites.
7. Scrolling the Background.
8. Collision Testing and Other Weird Things.
Part III: DOING 3D WITH PYTHON AND OPENGL.
9. Rendering Stuff in the Camera's View.
10. Rendering OBJ Models.
11. Moving Objects Around.
12. Awesome Lighting Effects.

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