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Java Game Development with LibGDX: From Beginner to Professional
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Java Game Development with LibGDX: From Beginner to Professional

by Lee Stemkoski
January 2018
Beginner to intermediate
439 pages
13h 13m
English
Apress
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© Lee Stemkoski 2018
Lee StemkoskiJava Game Development with LibGDXhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3324-5_1

1. Getting Started with Java and LibGDX

Lee Stemkoski1 
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DEPT OF MATH & CS, ADELPHI UNIVERSITY DEPT OF MATH & CS, Garden City, New York, USA
 

This chapter will explain how to set up a Java development environment and configure it to run with the LibGDX game development framework. You’ll see a simple example of a “Hello, World!” program and explore it in enough detail to understand the different parts. Finally, you’ll learn some of the advantages to be gained by working with the LibGDX library .

Choosing a Development Environment

Before diving into Java programming, you will need to set up an integrated development environment (IDE)— the ...

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