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About the AuthorAaron Reed has extensive software development experience and, more importantly, experience in software development education.. Colophon The animal on the cover of Learnin

Learning XNA 4.0

Learning XNA 4.0

Aaron Reed

Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Köln • Sebastopol • Tokyo

About the Author

Aaron Reed has extensive software development experience and, more importantly,

experience in software development education He has taught many courses at Neumont University on topics such as NET, web development and web services, DirectX, XNA, and systems design and architecture

Aaron’s experience in teaching DirectX and XNA for several years to university-level students helps him understand what topics are easily understood and which ones need more depth and emphasis Through his experiences in the classroom, he has developed

a good understanding of what format and sequence makes the most sense when pre-senting the material This book follows that format and is meant to present game de-velopment concepts in the most efficient and comprehensible way, as proven in the classroom When he’s not teaching, writing, or developing, Aaron can usually be found playing with his wife and kids, preferably in the mountains of Utah

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The animal on the cover of Learning XNA 4.0 is a sea robin fish (Chelidonichthys

lucernus), otherwise known as a sapphirine gurnard While the body of the fish is

usu-ally a somewhat bland color mix of browns, reds, and whites, its eyes are a striking peacock blue

The sea robin fish is so named because it swims across the ocean floor and opens and closes its fins in a manner reminiscent of a flying bird Some species of the fish also use their fins to fly above water for short distances

In addition to having “wings,” the sea robin fish also has six “legs” (three on each side

of its body) that were once part of its pectoral fin These legs—which are really flexible spines—allow the sea robin fish to stir up and detect food from the ocean floor while walking

The sea robin fish occasionally brings to mind yet another creature: when caught, the fish croaks like a frog Chefs say the sea robin fish can replace scorpion fish in bouil-labaisse, and add that the fish has firm and tender flesh when cooked

The cover image is from Lydekker’s Natural History The cover font is Adobe ITC

Garamond The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont’s TheSansMonoCondensed

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