Essential Virtual Reality Fast

Virtual reality (VR) allows users to enter computer generated 3D scenes that can be navigated and manipulated. Essential Virtual Reality fast shows readers what is and isn't VR. The author provides an overview of the history of virtual reality and explains, in easy-to-understand terms, the concepts of computer graphics and how they are integral to VR systems. The importance of integrating human factors, such as vision, sound, touch and balance, is emphasized. Exploring actual VR systems, readers will learn about all the important aspects of virtual environments, including the hardware, software, and sound systems, as well as the latest VR techniques on the Internet.

This book provides programmers with all the information they need to learn the latest release of Java 2 fast. Readers will learn how to create substantial Java programs, as well as how to use Java 2's new Abstract Windowing Toolkit, JavaBeans, Java Database Connectivity, and other significant enhancements in the programming environment. The book's quick no-nonsense approach will appeal to software developers, programmers, and web administrators who need to produce platform independent applications.

Essential UML fast introduces the concepts of object-oriented analysis, design and programming, using the Unified Modeling Language (UML). UML is one of the best known modeling languages in the object-oriented software development world, and is fast becoming a standard amongst OO software developers. The book contains plenty of examples and detailed illustrations, making it easy for readers to get up and running with UML fast. In providing these examples the author relies on one of the well known use case tools, Select Enterprise. Advice is given on how to set up Select Enterprise as well as how to use it to speed up the modeling process of practical software.

How to create dynamic web environments using the PHP language and the MySQL database! If you are familiar with the syntax for C, C++ and Java, then PHP will seem very familiar. Once you have got up to speed with this HTML embedded scripting language, you will soon be creating dynamic HTML database-enabled web pages quickly and easily. This quick and practical introduction explains: - how PHP works and what a dynamic web page is; - the software development environment; - the syntax and features of the language; - how PHP can be integrated with MySQL databases; - dynamic database applications. Clearly written, this book provides you with all the essential information you need to create your own dynamic web environments using PHP. Additional material is available from the Essential series web site: http://www.essential-series.com

A quick and practical introduction to the C# programming language. The text includes complete programing examples that highlight the core features of this language. In this book you will learn about: Using C# with a traditional compile run cycle, using C# within the Developer Studio environment, different data types supported in C#, control structures and input and output (i/o) in C#, key features of C# and their relationship to C, C++, Java and other programming languages.

XHTML is a flexible XML-based markup language for designing Web sites. In January 2000, the W3C announced that it was supporting the development of XHTML as a replacement to HTML. HTML will continue to be around for a while, but if you want to develop Web sites for the future you need to switch to XHTML. Designers who make the change find that they can develop faster, better sites using XHTML. Most Web sites are interactive, responding to the viewer. To do this you need to use a scripting language - JavaScript is the most popular scripting language and interfaces easily with XHTML. To develop powerful interactive Web sites you need to understand these technologies and how they work together. Essential XHTML fast gives you everything you need to develop great Web sites in XHTML, including an introduction to scripting with JavaScript so that you can create dynamic interactive Web pages. There are many step-by-step examples, which you can download from the series Web site. It covers key aspects such as: - The relationship between XML and XHTML - Cascading Style sheets for formatting layout - Using text, images and image maps as links - Creating and using tables - The new standard for frames - Interactive XHTML forms - The JavaScript language - Incorporating JavaScript into XHTML pages - Handling events in JavaScript The source code for the examples in this book is available at the Essential series web site http://www.essential-series.com.

Starting with an introduction to the development environment, Fiaz Hussain presents a quick and effective guide to the powerful components that make up Macromedia Director 8.5. using a hands-on approach and plenty of illustrations.

How to create dynamic web environments using the ASP .NET framework! The ASP .NET framework enables the development of dynamic web pages, which can interface to various database systems. Using the Visual Basic .NET language you will be able to begin to create your own web systems with ease. This quick and practical introduction explains: how to setup an ASP.NET development environment, and where to find the various software components.- the syntax and features of the language.- web-based user interaction using ASP .NET forms.- pre-defined ASP .NET objects.- how ASP .NET can interface with databases. Clearly written, this book provides you with all the essential information you need to create your own dynamic web environments using ASP .NET. Additional material is available from the Essential series web site: http://www.essential-series.com