3D Progamming - Martin Baker

3D Programming

These pages aim to cover some of the programming issues concerned with 3D and physics animation.

Computer Languages	Absolute Beginners start here - how to start programming Choice of language - Ideas for people who are new to 3D programming and who want to know where to start.
mjbWord Programmers guide	an VRML editor - can you help me develop it?
Java	Java books JBuilder Java3D book
Linux	Linux programming books Linux games programming books
dot NET	C# C# tutorial OpenGL plugin .NET books
Information Structure	XML XSLT XMI Databases Relational Object Oriented
Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD)	UML
Games	Tutorial to write a simple 2D game: tutorial using VB and DX9 tutorial using C# and DX9 tutorial using C++ and OpenGL Games Software - If you don't want to write everything yourself and if you don't want to help me develop the software on these pages then, here is some commercial software that may give you a starting point for your own games.

Further reading	Games Books

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mjbWorld program

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Book Shop - Further reading.

Where I can, I have put links to Amazon for books that are relevant to the subject, click on the appropriate country flag to get more details of the book or to buy it from them.

This book is more for newcomers to 3D programming. Assumes a knowlage of Java, Introduces the 3D concepts, such as Scene Graph along with the Java3D classes.

Commercial Software Shop

Where I can, I have put links to Amazon for commercial software, not directly related to this site, but related to the subject being discussed, click on the appropriate country flag to get more details of the software or to buy it from them.

SuSE Linux 11.2. Operating system with a wide range of applications including Open Office. A good distribution for developers as it contains KDevelop. Java, Mono, etc. Can install itself as a dual-boot system with an existing Windows OS if required. For information about installing it see this page.

This site may have errors. Don't use for critical systems.

3D Programming

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