ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- INTRODUCTION TO LINDEN SCRIPTING LANGUAGE FOR SECOND LIFE (ISBN: 1604390042) is now on sale at Amazon.com and other leading online booksellers. The 236-page book can also be purchased at http://www.heatonresearch.com/. MSRP is $24.99 (U.S.).
Two other Heaton Research Second Life titles are still selling through online booksellers: Scripting Recipes for Second Life (364 pages), and Introduction to Textures, Animation, Audio and Sculpting (108 pages). Many Second Life books are developed as general user guides. By contrast, Heaton approaches his books from a programmer's vantage point, assuming a general familiarity with Second Life as a "Resident," and at least minor programming skills.
Heaton has penned a dozen tech books.
On its website, Second Life is described as "a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of residents from around the globe." Second Life even has its own currency. Linden Research created the world and maintains god-like powers in it. The game has a Utopian flavor, as players have the power to fly, and discrimination is forbidden.
Linden Research developed Linden Scripting Language (LSL). The language, along with 3D building blocks, enables players to create homes, businesses, and vehicles, and change the appearance of their virtual bodies.
Jeff Heaton's book, INTRODUCTION TO LINDEN SCRIPTING LANGUAGE FOR SECOND LIFE, is a complete survey of the basics of LSL, including script control, "state machines," events, lists and more. The book includes sample scripts, which can be used as is, or can be modified.
In compiling the book, Heaton drew on tips and tricks from peers through the heavily-trafficked http://www.heatonresearch.com/.
Jeff Heaton (http://www.jeffheaton.com/) is an author and former college instructor. The author of a dozen tech books and scores of articles, Heaton specializes in Internet, socket-level/spidering and AI programming. A Sun Certified Java Programmer and a Senior Member of the IEEE, Heaton holds a Masters Degree in Information Management from Washington University in St. Louis.
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