Flexible Rails : Flex 3 on Rails 2

by Peter Armstrong

Flexible Rails teaches Flex 3 on Rails 2 techniques in an unusually effective way: its chapters take an application through eleven iterations, each increasingly "real world." You'll learn how Flex and Rails integrate with HTTPService and XML and see how Rails' RESTful controller design supports both Flex and HTML clients. Along the way, you'll learn to use the Cairngorm MVC framework in large Flex applications and work with the RubyAMF Flash Remoting gateway." "Written with ongoing feedback from over one thousand Early Access readers, Flexible Rails is practical, code-focused, and readable. It is accessible to web or desktop UI developers who have "hello world" level exposure to Rails and little or no knowledge of Flex.

Rensselaer Libraries Call #QA76.625 .A745 2007

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Dungeons and Desktops : The History of Computer Role-Playing Games

by Matt Barton

This book examines the history of computer role-playing games (CRPGs) (such as Ultima, The Bard's Tale, Pool of Radiance, Diablo, and The Elder Scrolls) and seeks to identify and wrestle with the genre's key issues." "Each game is a part of more general conversation about how computers can serve is medium for creative and engaging role-playing. While it contains many details about the games, the book is organized as a narrative - telling the story of the developers, games, and gamers who created the CRPG as we know it today.

Rensselaer Libraries Call #GV1469.6 .B37 2008

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