Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time!
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1593274912 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Amazon ruined my copy" according to Jerry James. Great book, don't buy it from amazon unless you want a huge irremovable sticker slapped across the middle of a page.. "Abelson Decoded-- Finally!" according to Let's Compare Options Preptorial. The inverted review bell curve on Abelson's seminal book on Lisp and functional programming (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Second Edition) shows either love or hate, and little in between! Those who love it say it is a life changing experience for mathematicians, engineers and physicists as well as programmers, and indeed Abelson does border on t. "Excellent Tutorial On A Modern Multi-paradigm Language Based on LISP" according to Ira Laefsky. This is an excellent (and fun) tutorial on a modern multi-paradigm programming language based upon LISP. In reviewing a book on a unusual programming language, I should begin by discussing the language and its applications. Racket is a powerful and modern open-sourced language based on the 50 year old lambda calculus paradigm of LISP. It is a direct descendant of Sch
Get ready for the excursion. Racket allows functional programming and other different paradigms that even hard-core programmers have never seen before. Even after you get through "Realm of Racket," there is a lot to explore. An Excerpt From the Preface: "Why Should I Learn About Racket?"You’ve certainly heard of JavaScript, Perl, Python, and Ruby. . But what about Racket? Just because it’s not the most mainstream programming language doesn’t mean you should discount its capabilities
Finally, you'll explore laziness, AI, distributed games, and the Hungry Henry game.As you progress through the games, chapter checkpoints and challenges help reinforce what you've learned. Read it to see why Racketeers have so much fun!. After that it's on to lambda and mutant structs (and an Orc Battle), and fancy loops and the Dice of Doom. Offbeat comics keep things fun along the way.As you travel through the Racket realm, you'll:Master the quirks of Racket's syntax and semanticsLearn to write concise and elegant functional programsCreate a graphical user interface using the 2htdp/image libraryCreate a server to handle true multiplayer gamesRealm of Racket is a lighthearted guide to some serious programming. Next you'll dig into syntax and semantics, lists, structures, and conditionals, and learn to work with recursion and the GUI as you build the Robot Snake game. But while Racket retains the functional goodness of Lisp, it was designed with beginning programmers in mind. Realm of Racket is your introduction to the Racket language.In Realm of Racket, you'll learn to program by creating increasingly complex games. Your journey begins with