Codetopia

I recently left the CTO position to return to contract programming. The job was 90 miles from my home, so the travel was taking it's toll on my sanity and I hated being away from the family so much. It was an amicable split. They just weren't ready...

The conversion of my book's examples to XNA 2.0 is complete! The files have been posted to the download section. I still haven't had a chance to create the fancy new portal on this site to host the book stats in one place, but I was able to add some info...

Sorry for the delay in getting the XNA 2.0 conversion wrapped up.I'm done converting the book's code to XNA 2.0. I had several real-life roadblocks that slowed me down, and I tried to clean the projects up a little as I converted them. I did not use the...

With the release of XNA 2.0, I've received a couple of questions about how the changes affect the examples in the book. I decided to ask the publisher for permission to release the source code from the book, in it's entirety, so that the transition from...

This evening, I was checking google again to see if any reviews of the book had popped up. No such luck. No reviews have been posted on any of the online book resellers (which I could interpret as a good or a bad sign). Heck, even the single listing of...

If you've had trouble finding my book in the bookstores, welcome to my world. I work about 90 miles from my home, so I have ready access to six or seven of the retail chains that carry it, but I have yet to see it on the shelves. Admitedly, Alamaba isn't...

As I mentioned earlier, the chapter from my book that covers GamePad input was reprinted on Dr. Dobb's website.I got permission from the publisher to post the chapter text and source code for public download.You can download the source code for this chapter...

I just posted the list of errors and typos that I found when reviewing the printed book. You can view the list here. Feel free to post any errors that you discover as replies to that same thread, and I'll update the original post to reflect the latest...

I traded emails with the popular UK gaming magazine, Edge, recently in an interview-style exchange regarding XNA technologies. I, along with several other folks from the XNA trenches, was quoted in the article as it attempts to provide an overview of...

It looks like Dr Dobb's reprinted chapter 7 from my XNA Book in the September 2007 update to their website. I don't know if it will make it into their print magazine (or if it already has). I didn't see it during a quick glance of my last two issues.You...

I got permission from the publisher to post one of the chapters (and its source code) for public download. I selected chapter 18 because it demonstrates the basics of an XNA game. The game displays user prompts, tracks and displays scores, supports two...

I got my copies of the book this past Wednesday, and I've already received reports of folks getting their pre-ordered copies in the mail. I'm reading through the hardcopy now to identify errors that will be corrected in any reprints. I'll post them in...

I just posted a detailed description of my XNA book, complete with links to the videos and executables for the examples that are developed in the book. The videos are hosted on youtube.com, and I'm hosting the executables on this site. The examples are...

I created a simple Windows application that would launch whenever the CD-ROM from my book was inserted into a computer. I decided to perform a simple check to see if the user had XNA installed before I attempted to launch any demo games. I don't know...

Still learning how everything works. Will post an update on the book soon....