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Product Description: Getting Started with Game Maker shows aspiring game developers how to create their very own, professional-quality computer games, no programming knowledge required. Using Game Maker's simple, drag-and-drop environment and following along with the step-by-step instructions, you'll learn how to create arcade-style 2D and 3D games complete with graphics, sound effects, and music...read more

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Product Description: Microsoft Windows™ PowerShell is a helpful scripting technology that enables the automation of system management tasks and the creation of system management tools. PowerShell runs on Windows XP, 2003, 2008, and Vista. Unlike traditional Windows shell scripting, PowerShell scripting is object-based and is designed to work with the ...read more

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Product Description: Welcome to Scratch Programming for Teens! Scratch is a programming language intended to make programming easier to learn for novice programmers. It can be used to create computer games, interactive stories, graphic artwork and computer animation, and all sorts of other multimedia projects...read more

An introduction to the fundamentals of Ruby programming takes novice programmers step by step through the features and functions available through the free, easy-to-learn, but powerful scripting programming language, in a handbook that teaches readers the basics of computer programming concepts, tools, and techniques and demonstrates the use of Ruby in various operation systems. Original. (Beginner)

An introduction to the high-level scripting language, AppleScript explains how it can be used to add functionality to the Mac operating system through an automation of Mac OS X tasks and the addition of functions to the Mac, utilizing simple game creation to teach the principles, techniques, and skills of working with AppleScript, as well as how to apply them in real-world scenarios. Original. (Beginner/Intermediate)

Demonstrates the basics of computer programming with Just BASIC, covering such topics as creating graphical user interfaces, working with variables and arrays, using loops to process data, working with sound and graphics, and debugging applications.

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Providing information on how to use AppleScript Studio to build a range of desktop applications, a programming manual for beginners explains how to use AppleScript to build AppleScript Studio applications--including functional graphical user interfaces and utilizing simple game-based applications to demonstrate applications--and covers such areas as values, vaiables, classes, conditional logic, loop building, strings, records, and more, with a companion CD-ROM that encompasses the source code from the book. Original. (Beginner/Intermediate)

Covers the basics of developing Perl scripts and includes instructions for creating simple games.

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