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Write an endless runner game for the web in Rust and test, deploy, and debug your 2D game using the WebAssembly toolchainKey FeaturesBuild and deploy an endless runner game for the web from scratch through this helpful guide with key images printed in colorLearn how to use Rust for web development with WebAssemblyExplore modern game development and programming techniques to build 2D games using RustBook DescriptionThe Rust pr...

John A. Broadus (1827–95) was a highly influential Southern Baptist leader, preacher, scholar, and educator during the latter half of the nineteenth century. He cofounded the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, which today is among the largest seminaries in the world. Broadus’s enduring impact on American preaching stems in part from his 1870 homiletics manual, a widely adopted textbook that ministers continue to use today. A prominent southerner before and after the Civil War, Broadus ...

The political systems, economic forces, and cultural powers that shape modern life often seem too large to understand and too entrenched to challenge. It's easy to wonder where an individual fits within such overwhelming structures, or whether meaningful change is even possible. But this struggle is not new. In By What Power, Eric C. Smith serves as your guide through the book of Acts, helping you discover how a small movement found its voice under the shadow of the Roman Empire. Rather th...

The first book-length study of the vital role Regular Baptists played in creating the modern Southern Baptist denominationThe origins of the Southern Baptist Convention, the world's largest Protestant denomination, is most often traced back to the colorful, revivalist Separate Baptist movement that rose out of the Great Awakening in the mid-1700s. During that same period the American South was likewise home to the often-overlooked Regular Baptists, who also experie...

This is the comprehensive guide for programmers who want to go from good to great. It covers the four pillars of a successful software career: the daily habits of highly effective developers, mastery of essential tools and workflows, timeless design patterns, and navigating the technical career ladder.You will learn the architecture of habit and the daily rituals that separate productive developers from the rest. Master your development environment, version control workflows, and t...

Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary book explores the origin of life as a planetary process. Combining geology, geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, evolution and statistical physics to create an inclusive picture of the living state, the authors develop the argument that the emergence of life was a necessary cascade of non-equilibrium phase transitions that opened new channels for chemical energy flow on Earth...

Every week, a new framework for building AI agents is announced. Every month, a startup raises millions to build the platform that will finally make agents work at scale. Yet, most implementations still fail in production. This book cuts through the hype to provide a battle-tested framework for building AI agents that actually work.Written for developers, team leads, and tech executives, this book reveals why most agent systems fall apart and how to design ones that don't. It provi...

On a sunny summer day, the forest was alive with the gentle hum of bees and the soft rustle of leaves. The air was warm, and the forest stream sparkled like liquid crystal as it wound its way through the lush greenery. Along its banks, vibrant flowers danced in the breeze, and the scent of pine filled the air. Nestled high on a cliff, was a grand dragon’s nest. It was a massive structure of intertwining branches, covered in soft moss. It was here, high above the forest floor, that Ember, t...

This is the comprehensive blueprint for building, deploying, testing, and scaling production-grade AI agents. Covering the complete lifecycle of AI agent development, this book takes you from fundamentals to advanced techniques.Master the core architecture of agentic systems. Learn to engineer prompts for agent behavior and build your first agent. Understand multi-agent workflows and how to create and integrate tools. Tackle the crucial topics of memory and state management. This b...

**"Joyful, thoughtful, and real." —Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners"Rom-com perfection." —Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart**New from Eric Smith comes a delightful YA rom-com about two teens caught in the middle of their families’ orchestrated rivalry between their Philly cheesesteak food trucks.All’s fair in love and (food tru...

The grandfather clock, an entirely new kind of furniture, first appeared in the late seventeenth century. From then on, with its long case to protect pendulum and weights, its rugged movement and large, clear indication of time, it has been a success story right up to the present day. Virtually none of these clocks is beyond repair and often the work required is within the scope of inexperienced owners. This is the first full-length book to cover repair and restoration of these attractive ...

The concept of dragons has captivated human imagination formillennia. From the serpentine beasts of ancient mythologiesto the fearsome fire-breathing creatures of medieval legends,dragons have played a profound role in the cultural fabric ofmany societies. Yet, what if these mythical beings were morethan mere f...