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Sparrow iOS Game Framework Beginner's Guide
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Instructions often need some extra explanation so that they make sense, so they are followed with:
This heading explains the working of tasks or instructions that you have just completed.
You will also find some other learning aids in the book, including:
These are short, multiple-choice questions intended to help you test your own understanding.
These practical challenges give you ideas for experimenting with what you have learned.
You will also find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.
Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "This class needs to be inherited from the SPSprite class."
A block of code is set as follows:
// Setting the background
SPSprite *background = [[SPSprite alloc] init];
[self addChild:background];
// Loading the logo image and bind it on the background sprite
SPSprite *logo = [SPImage imageWithContentsOfFile:@"logo.png"];
[background addChild:logo];When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:
// Setting the background
SPSprite *background = [[SPSprite alloc] init];
[self addChild:background];
// Loading the logo image and bind it on the background sprite
SPSprite *logo = [SPImage imageWithContentsOfFile:@"logo.png"];
[background addChild:logo];
Any command-line input or output is written as follows:
sudo gem install cocoapods pod setup touch Podfile pod install
New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in the text like this: "On the Select Destination Location screen, click on Next to accept the default destination."
Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.
Tips and tricks appear like this.
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