Build your own low-level game engine in Metal!This book introduces you to graphics programming in Metal — Apple’s framework for programming on the GPU. You’ll build your own game engine in Metal where you can create 3D scenes and build your own 3D games.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for intermediate Swift developers interested in learning 3D graphics or gaining a deeper understanding of how game engines work.Topics Covered in Metal by TutorialsThe Rendering Pipeline: Take a deep dive through the graphics pipeline.3D Models: Import 3D models with Model I/O and discover what makes up a 3D model.Coordinate Spaces: Learn the math behind 3D rendering.Lighting: Make your models look more realistic with simple lighting techniques.Textures & Materials: Design textures and surfaces for micro detail.Character Animation: Bring your 3D models to life with joints and animation.Tessellation: Discover how to use tessellation to add a greater level of detail using fewer resources.Environment: Add a sky to your scenes and use the sky image for lighting.Instancing & Procedural Generation: Save resources with instancing, and generate scenes algorithmically.Multipass & Deferred Rendering: Add shadows with advanced lighting effects.And more!After reading this book, you’ll be prepared to take full advantage of graphics rendering with the Metal framework.

Metal by Tutorials: Beginning game engine development with Metal

Computers & Technology

Tutorial Team, raywenderlich

Begbie, Caroline

Horga, Marius

Programming

Razeware LLC

Learn How to Make Games with the Unity game engine!
Unity is a popular game engine used by both by AAA studios and indie game developers alike. This book will introduce you how to create games with Unity whether you have some game development experience or you are a complete beginner.
By the time you’re finished reading this book, you will have made 4 complete mini-games, modeled your own game assets, played with virtual reality, and even published some of them to your phone! These games include a twin stick shooter, a first person shooter, a 2D platformer, and tower defense game.
Topics Covered in Unity Games by Tutorials:
<ul>
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GameObjects: Learn about basic building blocks used to create your game.</li>
<li>
Components: Customize your GameObjects by the way of components.</li>
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Physics: Unleash the power of the built-in physics engine.</li>
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Animation: Learn how to bring your models to life through Unity’s animation system.</li>
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Sound: Add depth to your games through Unity’s powerful audio tools.</li>
<li>
Pathfinding: Learn about the pathfinding system to give direction to your monsters.</li>
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User Interface: Provide custom user interfaces for players to use in your game.</li>
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Virtual Reality: Convert one of your games to be played in Virtual Reality.</li>
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Modeling: Learn the basics of Blender and how to create and animate your creations.</li>
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Publishing: Learn how to export your game to your computer, web, and mobile devices.</li>
<li>
Unity 2D: A deep walkthrough on Unity’s 2D system.</li>
<li>And much more including a C# quick start guide, a Unity API overview, and saving game data!</li>
</ul>

Unity Games by Tutorials: Make 4 Complete Unity Games from Scratch Using C#

Duffy, Seán

Moakley, Brian

Berg, Mike

Uccello, Anthony

Van de Kerckhove, Eric

Learn to Make a Beat ‘Em Up Game in Unity!
Unity is a powerful engine that equips game developers with all the necessary tools to build games quickly and efficiently. From high-performance 2D and 3D graphics rendering, to realistic physics simulations, Unity has got you covered. However, if you simply wanted to go straight to making your dream game, reading and understanding all the official Unity documentation and tutorials can be time consuming.
This is where the Beat ‘Em Up Game Starter Kit comes in. More than a book, this full-flavored starter kit walks you through the whole process of creating your own game in Unity. It gives you tools, assets, fresh starter projects for each chapter and step-by-step instructions to create an addictive beat ‘em up game for Android and iOS. You’ll build out the features one at a time, allowing you to learn at a steady, logical and fun pace.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for beginner to intermediate developers who are familiar with the basics of object-oriented programming, and who have at least poked around Unity but need guidance around how to create a beat ‘em up game.
Topics Covered in Beat ‘Em Up Game Starter Kit – Unity
<ul>
<li>Unity 101: Familiarize yourself with the Unity interface and its core concepts.</li>
<li>UGUI: Learn how to use Unity’s GUI system to create a menu system, and heads-up display.</li>
<li>Prefabs: Store and create objects on demand using Unity’s Prefab feature.</li>
<li>Scripting: Write your own scripts and define behavior components using C#.</li>
<li>Sprites: Place 2D objects and move them around the screen.</li>
<li>2.5D: Combine Unity’s 2D and 3D capabilities to easily create a “2.5 dimensional” game.</li>
<li>Mecanim: Bring your characters to life using sprite sheets and Mecanim, Unity’s animation system.</li>
<li>Tilemaps: Create retro backgrounds from small repeating sets of sprites using a well-known technique in game development.</li>
<li>Physics and Collision Handling: Leverage the built-in physics system to implement movement and collision handling.</li>
<li>Artificial Intelligence: Create your own weighted decision-making system for AI-controlled characters.</li>
<li>Deploying on Mobile Devices: Create builds for Android and iOS to show to your friends.</li>
<li>And more!</li>
</ul>

Beat 'Em Up Game Starter Kit

Simbahan, Jonathan

Learn Machine Learning!
Machine learning is one of those topics that can be daunting at first blush. It's not clear where to start, what path someone should take and what APIs to learn in order to get started teaching machines how to learn. This is where Machine Learning by Tutorials comes in! In this book, we'll hold your hand through a number of tutorials, to get you started in the world of machine learning. We'll cover a wide range of popular topics in the field of machine learning, while developing apps that work on iOS devices.Who This Book Is ForThis books is for the intermediate iOS developer who already knows the basics of iOS and Swift development, but wants to understand how machine learning works.Topics covered in Machine Learning by Tutorials<li>CoreML: Learn how to add a machine learning model to your iOS apps, and how to use iOS APIs to access it.</li>
<li>Create ML: Learn how to create your own model using Apple's Create ML Tool.</li>
<li>Turi Create and Keras: Learn how to tune parameters to improve your machine learning model using more advanced tools.</li>
<li> Image Classification: Learn how to apply machine learning models to predict objects in an image.</li>
<li>Convolutional Networks: Learn advanced machine learning techniques for predicting objects in an image with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs).</li>
<li>Sequence Classification: Learn how you can use recurrent neural networks (RNNs) to classify motion from an iPhone's motion sensor.</li>
<li>Text-to-text Transform: Learn to how machine learning can be used to convert bodies of text between two languages.</li>
By the end of this book, you'll have a firm understanding of what machine learning is, what it can and cannot do, and how you can use machine learning in your next app!About the Tutorial TeamThe Tutorial Team is a group of app developers and authors who write tutorials at the popular website raywenderlich.com. We take pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun.
If you've enjoyed the tutorials we've written in the past, you're in for a treat. The tutorials we've written for this book are some of our best yet — and this book contains detailed technical knowledge you simply won't be able to find anywhere else.

Machine Learning by Tutorials (First Edition): Beginning machine learning for Apple and iOS

Hollemans, Matthijs

Tam, Audrey

LaPollo, Chris

Computer Science

Learn iPhone and iPad Programming via Tutorials!
If you’re new to iOS or Swift, or to programming in general, learning how to write an app can seem incredibly overwhelming.
That’s why you need a book that:
<li>Shows you how to write an app step-by-step.</li>
<li>Has tons of illustrations and screenshots to make everything clear.</li>
<li> Is written in a fun and easygoing manner!</li>
In this book, you will learn how to make your own iPhone and iPad apps, through four engaging, epic-length tutorials.
These hands-on tutorials describe in full detail how to build a new app from scratch. Four tutorials, four apps. Each new app will be a little more advanced than the one before, and together they cover everything you need to know to make your own apps.
By the end of the series you’ll be experienced enough to turn your ideas into real apps that you can sell on the App Store.
Tutorial 1: Bull’s Eye. In the first tutorial in the book, you’ll start off by building a simple but fun game to learn the basics of iPhone programming. In the process, you’ll get familiar with Xcode, Interface Builder, and Swift in an easygoing manner.
Tutorial 2: Checklists. In the second tutorial in the series, you’ll create your own to-do list app. In the process, you’ll learn about the fundamental design patterns that all iOS apps use and about table views, navigation controllers and delegates. Now you’re making apps for real!
Tutorial 3: MyLocations. In the third tutorial, you’ll develop a location-aware app that lets you keep a list of spots that you find interesting. In the process, you’ll learn about Core Location, Core Data, Map Kit, and much more!
Tutorial 4: StoreSearch. Mobile apps often need to talk to web services and that’s what you’ll do in this final tutorial of the book. You’ll make a stylish app for iPhone and iPad that lets you search for products on the iTunes store using HTTP requests and JSON.

iOS Apprentice: Beginning iOS development with Swift 4.2

Farook, Fahim

Learn how to make awesome AR and VR games!
The world of Augmented and Virtual Reality has grown a lot these last few years. Lots of options are available to game developers now. There's the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality, ARKit, ARCore and LOTS more! Documentation on these is spread apart and not always easy to find. That's where Unity AR / VR by Tutorials comes in! Who This Book Is ForThis book is for both beginners and intermediate Unity developers interested in AR and VR who already know their way around Unity and have experience with C#.Topics Covered in Unity AR / VR by Tutorials<li>HTC Vive: Learn how to utilize the HTC Vive in your games.</li>
<li>Oculus Rift: Explore the possibilities of the Oculus Rift.</li>
<li>VRTK: Learn how to use this framework to share your assets and code between all sorts of different headsets and technologies.</li>
<li>ARKit: Discover how you can use ARKit within Unity and create cool AR games.</li>
<li>ARCore: Explore the workings of ARCore and how to use it with Unity.</li>
<li>Windows Mixed Reality: Learn how t- o use MR to create a virtual pet game from start to finish.</li>
<li>And much more! Including discovering all the intricacies of AR and VR in games and creating experiences to impress your friends or colleagues!</li>
You can be sure that after reading this book, you'll be ready to start on any AR or VR project you have in mind!

Unity AR & VR by Tutorials (First Edition)

Larson, Matt

Alamparambil, Jimmy

Ogle-Barrington, Jonathan

Van der Kerckhove, Eric

Learn Data Structures &amp; Algorithms in Swift!Data structures and algorithms form the basis of computer programming and are the starting point for anyone looking to become a software engineer. Choosing the right data structure and algorithm involves understanding the many details and trade-offs of using them, which can be time-consuming to learn — and confusing.
This is where this book, Data Structures &amp; Algorithms in Swift, comes to the rescue! In this book, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of how fundamental data structures and algorithms work by using easy-to-follow tutorials, loaded with illustrations; you'll also learn by working in Swift playground code.
Who This Book Is ForThis book is for developers who know the basics of Swift syntax and want a better theoretical understanding of what data structures and algorithms are in order to build more complex programs or ace a whiteboard interview.
Topics Covered in Data Structures &amp; Algorithms in Swift<li>Basic data structures and algorithm including stacks, queues and linked lists.</li>
<li>How protocols can be used to generalize algorithms.</li>
<li>How to leverage the algorithms of the Swift standard library with your own data structures.</li>
<li>Trees, tries and graphs.</li>
<li>Building algorithms on top of other primitives.</li>
<li>A complete spectrum of sorting algorithms from simple to advanced.</li>
<li>How to think about algorithmic complexity.</li>
<li>Finding shortest paths, traversals, subgraphs and much more.</li>
After reading this book, you’ll have a solid foundation on data structures and algorithms and be ready to elegantly solve more complex problems in your apps.

Data Structures & Algorithms in Swift: Implementing practical data structures with Swift 4.2

Lau, Kelvin

Ngo, Vincent

Databases & Big Data

Learn the powerful secrets of Apple's software debugger, LLDB, that can get more information out of any program than you ever thought possible.In Advanced Apple Debugging and Reverse Engineering, you'll come to realize debugging is an enjoyable process to help you better understand software. Not only will you learn to find bugs faster, but you’ll also learn how other developers have solved problems similar to yours. You'll also learn how to create custom, powerful debugging scripts that will help you quickly find the secrets behind any bit of code that piques your interest.This book is for intermediate to advanced iOS/macOS developers who are already familiar with either Swift or Objective-C and want to take their debugging skills to the next level.Topics Covered in Advanced Apple Debugging &amp; Reverse Engineering:
<ul>
<li>LLDB Max Achievement: Master LLDB and learn about its extensive list of subcommands and options.</li>
<li>1's and 0's: Learn the low-level components available to help extract useful information from a program, from assembly calling conventions to exploring the process of dynamically-loaded frameworks.</li>
<li>The Power of Python: Use LLDB’s Python module to create powerful custom debugging commands to introspect and augment existing programs.</li>
<li>Nothing is Secret: Learn how to use DTrace, a dynamic tracing framework, and how to write D scripts to query anything you were ever curious about on your macOS machine.</li>
<li>Case Studies: Quickly find and solve the real-world issues that iOS and macOS developers typically face in their day-to-day development workflow.</li>
</ul>After reading this book, you'll have the tools and knowledge to answer even the most obscure question about your code — or someone else’s.

Advanced Apple Debugging & Reverse Engineering: Exploring Apple code through LLBD, Python, and DTrace

Selander, Derek

Programming Languages

Learn Coroutines in Kotlin and Android!
Executing background tasks has always been a big challenge in every environment and, in particular, on mobile devices where resources are limited. Kotlin has simplified the way you can write code improving your productivity with a new programming paradigm, enhancing object-oriented and functional programming with with simple, powerful and new constructs. Coroutines are one of these! Who This Book Is ForThis book is for intermediate Kotlin or Android developers who already know the basics of UI development but want to learn coroutine API in order to simplify and optimize their code.Topics Covered in This Book <li>Asynchronous programming: Learn what asynchronous programming means and how to achieve it using not blocking calls.</li>
<li>Configuration: Learn how to configure IntelliJ and Android Studio in order to use Coroutine APIs.</li>
<li>Coroutine principles**: Learn what coroutines and launching builders are and how to manage Job dependencies.</li>
<li>Suspending functions: This is the main concept around coroutines and you'll learn how to declare a suspending function and how to deal with results.</li>
<li>Sequences and Iterators: Learn how to manage theoretically infinite collections of data in an efficient way using Sequences, Iterators and the yield function.</li>
<li>Thread communication techniques**: Learn how different tasks can communicate using Channels, Actors, and specific coroutine operators.</li>
<li>And much more, including benchmarks, Broadcast Channels, State machines!</li> One thing you can count on: After reading this book, you’ll be prepared to take advantage of all the improvements coroutines have to offer!About the Tutorial TeamThe Tutorial Team is a group of app developers and authors who write tutorials at the popular website raywenderlich.com. We take pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. If you've enjoyed the tutorials we've written in the past, you're in for a treat. The tutorials we've written for this book are some of our best yet - and this book contains detailed technical knowledge you simply won't be able to find anywhere else.

Kotlin Coroutines by Tutorials (First Edition): Mastering coroutines in Kotlin and Android

Babić, Filip

Srivastava, Nishant

Learn App Architectures for Android!\nAndroid has such a rich development ecosystem, which allows developers to develop apps in any way they please. However, with this level of freedom, scaling apps can be a mess. You've heard developers talk about "architecting" apps to help scale, but its never clear which architecture to use. 
This is where Advanced Android App Architectures comes to the rescue! In this book, you’ll learn all the popular architectures the quick and easy way: by following fun and easy-to-read tutorials.\nWho This Book Is For\nThis book is for intermediate Android developers who already know the basics of Android and Kotlin development but want to learn how best to organize code for scale.\nTopics Covered in Advanced Android App Architectures 
Model, View, Controller (MVC): Learn what the most common pattern found in Android Architectures really means. Model, View, Presenter (MVP): Learn to separate concerns better than MVC including better ways to test your business logic. Model, View, View-Model (MVVM): Learn to get the most of out of Android architecture components to structure your app in a way that will let you scale! And much more, including dependency injection, VIPER, and the "Model, View, Intent" architecture. 
One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you’ll be prepared to dive right in to any of the most popular Android app architectures out there!\nAbout the Tutorial Team\nThe Tutorial Team is a group of app developers and authors who write tutorials at the popular website raywenderlich.com. We take pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. 
If you've enjoyed the tutorials we've written in the past, you're in for a treat. The tutorials we've written for this book are some of our best yet - and this book contains detailed technical knowledge you simply won't be able to find anywhere else.

Advanced Android App Architecture (First Edition): Real-world app architecture in Kotlin 1.3

Cheng, Yun

Olivares Domínguez, Aldo

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