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Book:   Darkstar: The Java Game Server
Subject:   Okay for starters, but frustrating with errors
Date:   2008-01-09 19:00:41
From:   Anonymous
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

This book was good for getting started with the basics and there was some different information than the tutorials that come with the sgs download. The custom authentication section was worthwhile. The channels information was inaccurate and in fact, gives you the idea that you are sending information directly from client to client even though it obviously is going through the server. A few pages ran off the page when printed out. Quite a number of errors in the code, which is frustrating to have to debug an a code section just to get it to work.


For the price, I'm not too disappointed since it led me in the right direction on a couple of points but I definitely expected it to be cleaner and more accurate. You can find good information in the tutorials and forums. I can't recommend this book due to the problems.