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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Structuring the design approach -- Exploring OMESA -- Single purpose versus multipurpose APIs -- Semi-decoupled and fully decoupled -- Bounded context -- Next steps -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Designing the API -- Scenario -- The API design-first process -- Step 1 - defining the API type -- Single-purpose APIs -- Multi-purpose APIs -- MRA's Media Catalogue API - public and multi-purpose -- Step 2 - defining the API's domain semantics -- Step 3 - creating the API definition with its main resources -- Step 4 - trying the API mock -- Step 5 - defining MSON data structures -- Step 6 - pushing the API blueprint to GitHub -- Step 7 - publishing the API mock in Oracle API platform CS -- Step 8 - setting up Dredd for continuous testing of API endpoints against the API blueprint -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Building and Running the Microservice -- What is a microservice? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5: Lights, Cameras, and Shadows -- Working with cameras -- Understanding camera projections -- Orientating your frustum -- Creating a Skybox -- Using multiple cameras -- Working with lighting -- Directional lighting -- Point lighting -- Spot lighting -- Area lighting -- Implementing reflection probes -- Understanding shadows -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Creating and Importing 3D Objects for Our Game -- Understanding assets and GameObjects -- Asset packages -- Understanding GameObjects -- Creating 3D objects in Unity -- Using prefabs -- Using additional 3D objects -- Using the Unity Asset Store -- Hands-on with the Unity Asset Store -- Incorporating custom assets in our game -- Working with imported assets -- Planting Cherry Trees -- Planting Cucumber Patches -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Implementing Our Player Character -- Working with Unity's standard asset package -- Importing the game character -- Configuring a player controller -- Fine-tuning our character -- Fine-tuning the motor controls -- Fine-tuning scale -- Fine-tuning the Capsule Collider -- Changing and refining input controls -- Animating our player character -- Reviewing the player controller script -- Reviewing the Animator component -- Previewing the animations -- Terraforming the terrain for our Cucumber Man -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Implementing Our Non-Player Characters -- Understanding the non-player characters -- Importing the non-player characters into our game -- Animating our non-player characters -- Incorporating the non-player characters into our game -- Working with the Animation Controller -- Terraforming the terrain for our Cucumber Beetles -- Designating a sandbox area -- Planting additional cherry trees -- Creating spawning sites -- Adding cucumber patches to our terrain -- Creating a cucumber patch area in the sandbox -- Planting cucumber patches…”

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“…Compare Swift with Objective-C, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and C Collect data with arrays and dictionaries, and store it with variables and constants Group commonly-used code into functions for easy reuse Structure your code with enums, structs, and classes Use generics to get more done with less code Write closures to share small blocks of functionality Use optionals to write more robust, crash-resistant, and cleaner code Integrate existing Objective-C code into new Swift apps Program on the bit and byte level with advanced operators Implement efficient design patterns with protocols and delegates Create animated 2D games with SpriteKit, and 3D games with SceneKit Contents at a Glance 1 Getting Your Feet Wet Building Blocks of Swift Optionals: A Gift to Unwrap Tuples Number Types and Converting Between Them Coming to Swift from Objective-C and C 2 Collecting Data Using Arrays Modifying Arrays Using Dictionaries 3 Making Things Happen: Functions Defining Functions More on Parameters 4 Structuring Code: Enums, Structs, and Classes Enums Structs 5 Making a Game Building a User Interface (UI) The Action-Packed View Controller 6 Reusable Code: Closures What Are Closures? …”