'Second Lifers': Stop Buying, Start Making Cool Stuff With INTRO TO LINDEN SCRIPTING...

'Second Lifers': Stop Buying, Start Making Cool Stuff With INTRO TO LINDEN
SCRIPTING LANGUAGE
Third S.L. Book Makes Heaton The Leader in Third-party S.L. Books

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- INTRODUCTION TO LINDEN SCRIPTING
LANGUAGE FOR SECOND LIFE (ISBN: 1604390042) is now on sale at Amazon.com and
other leading online booksellers. The 236-page book can also be purchased at
http://www.heatonresearch.com/. MSRP is $24.99 (U.S.).
Authored by Jeff Heaton, INTRODUCTION TO LINDEN SCRIPTING LANGUAGE FOR
SECOND LIFE is a survey of the basics of LSL, including script control, "state
machines," events, lists, and sample scripts which can be used as is, or can
be modified. Heaton has penned a dozen tech books.
In compiling the book, Heaton drew on tips and tricks from peers through
the heavily-trafficked http://www.heatonresearch.com/, as well as his own
experiences as owner-developer of the S.L. island known as Encogia.
Many Second Life books are general user guides. By contrast, Heaton
approaches his books from a programmer's vantage point, assuming general
familiarity with Second Life as a "Resident," and at least minor programming
skills.
On its website, Second Life is described as "a 3-D virtual world entirely
built and owned by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has
grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of residents from around
the globe." Linden Research created the world and maintains god-like powers in
it. The game has a Utopian flavor, as players have the power to fly, and
discrimination is forbidden.
Linden Research developed Linden Scripting Language (LSL), which -- along
with 3D building blocks -- enables players to create homes, businesses, and
vehicles, and change the appearance of their virtual bodies.
The two other Heaton Research Second Life titles are Scripting Recipes for
Second Life (364 pages), and Introduction to Textures, Animation, Audio and
Sculpting (108 pages).
Jeff Heaton (http://www.jeffheaton.com/) is an author and former college
instructor. The author of a dozen tech books and scores of articles, Heaton
specializes in Internet, socket-level/spidering and AI programming. A Sun
Certified Java Programmer and a Senior Member of the IEEE, Heaton holds a
Masters Degree in Information Management from Washington University in St.
Louis.
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Research