Learn to Program with Minecraft Plugins

Overview:

This book is written by one of the co-authors of Agile Manifesto – Andrew Hunt. It tells about writing your own Minecraft and getting the code come to life, and how to add your own features to the Minecraft game by developing Java Code that can easily plug in to the server. This book briefly tells you everything required to expand the Minecraft experience, writing Java code and building plugins for the same using Minecraft CanaryMod library. 

This book covers how to create plugins reacting to game events and scheduling tasks to run later in the game, use of variables and functions to create a plugin that can make flying creepers, shoot flaming cows and players flinging into the sky. Also, you learn how to take a backup of the code using Git. This book is a great source of learning to enhance the gaming experience and learn real programming skills.

Author:

Andrew Hunt

Published In:

8th November 2014 (2nd Edition)

Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns | Book Series

Overview:

This book is a timeless classic with a great overview to OO design in any language. The highlight of the book is that it is easy to read and understand containing many original ideas by Kent Beck. There are interesting insights into low-level object design decisions that transcend language. The experiences and anecdotes shared are relatable for the programmers and software developers. In a nutshell, this book is the real-world style guide for better Smalltalk programmers. Once the programmers learn the patterns presented by the author to organise informal experience, they will be able to write more effective code. The book also explains why does Smalltalk patterns work. 

Author:

Kent Beck

Published In :

3rd October 1996