Reviews for Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 9

The average rating for Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 9 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-02-22 00:00:00 Daniel Donovan This book has a lot of good concepts for directX 9.0 programming for games, but most of the source files are very long, complex, and garbled based on his "engine". The content in the book is very helpful and precise, but it works better as a reference book then something to "learn directX" from. I prefered jon harbour's books on intro to c++ (with directX even though it does not say it) as a beginner book.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-12-25 00:00:00 Patrick Vetter A superb book for anybody who is interested in programming 2D graphics in Java via the AWT and Java2D APIs. Covers the graphics pipeline, rendering mechanics, some threading and scheduling issues, basic animations, effects tricks (simulated shading, reflection, use of gradients, etc.), and lots of solid, practical advice and performance tips. Also good advice on when and where each of these things is actually useful in a UI, rather than obtrusive. The authors are key players in the design of these APIs, so the have the chops to write about this material authoritatively, but they do so without becoming bogged down in erudition or self-justification (compare, say, to Bjarne Stroustrup's The C++ Programming Language). Accessible writing style and medium-extended examples. Some Amazon reviewers were frustrated with the downloadable code examples, but I can't speak to that, as I haven't tried them. I did find the code examples in the text fairly straightforward to work from and extend.