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Table of contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Letter from the Series Editor
Introduction
What s in This Book?
Why Learn Another Language?
What s on the CD-ROM?
Part ONE: Introducing High-Level Languages
Chapter 1. High-Level Language Overview
High-Level Language Roots
How Programming Languages Work
Low-Level Languages
Today s High-Level Languages
The Pros of High-Level Languages
Cons of High-Level Languages
A Brief History of Structured Programming
Introducing Python
Introducing Lua
Introducing Ruby
Summary
Questions and Answers
Exercises
Chapter 2. Python, Lua, and Ruby Language Features
Syntactical Similarities of Python, Lua, and Ruby
Hello World Samples
Summary
Questions and Answers
Exercises
Part TWO: Programming with Python
Chapter 3. Getting Started with Python
Python Executables
Python Debuggers
Python Language Structure
Creating a Simple User Interface in Python
A Simple GUI with Tkinter
Memory, Performance, and Speed
Summary
Questions and Answers
Exercises
Chapter 4. Getting Specific with Python Games
The Pygame Library
Python Graphics
Sound in Python
Networking in Python
Putting It All Together
Summary
Questions and Answers
Exercises
Chapter 5. The Python Game Community
Engines
Graphics
Commercial Games
Beyond Python
Summary
Question and Answer
Exercises
Part THREE: Programming with Lua
Chapter 6. Programming with Lua
Lua Executables and Debuggers
Language Structure
Memory, Performance, and Speed
Summary
Questions and Answers
Exercises
Chapter 7. Getting Specific with Games in Lua
LuaSDL
Gravity: A Lua SDL Game
The Lua C API
Summary
Questions and Answers
Exercises
Chapter 8. The Lua Game Community
Game Engines
Graphics
The Games Themselves
Beyond Lua
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