Here is a message from Zack,<br><br>This message is meant for members of the SGDC Boot Camp. If you're not in Boot Camp, go anyways!<br><br>Ten-hut!<br><br>Now, as we all know, there was some technical difficulty in setting up Visual Studio and XNA, as well as your teacher and SGDA prez dropping off the face of the earth. Both of these problems should now be considered solved.<br>
<br>To download Visual Studio, visit Microsoft DreamSpark at <a href="http://www.dreamspark.com">http://www.dreamspark.com</a> and sign up. All you need is a Live username and a college e-mail address, and you've got a veritable library of free Mike software at your disposal. While you're at it, I recommend picking up Expression Studio (Not necessary for the course, but Expression Design is a good vector editor)<br>
<br>You can pick up XNA 3.0 at the XNA Creator's Club Web site at <a href="http://creators.xna.com/downloads">http://creators.xna.com/downloads</a>.<br><br>In case you forgot, your homework was to make the screen fade from black to white, then back from white to black. Extra credit for choosing two other colors and making them fade into each other. If you had trouble downloading Visual Studio or XNA, feel free to rip off my projects at <a href="http://personal.stevens.edu/~zfreedma/sgdc/bootcamp">http://personal.stevens.edu/~zfreedma/sgdc/bootcamp</a> . Pay attention to the comments - both content and volume. You can never have enough // comments.<br>
<br>Anyways, the next meeting is this Wednesday at 9:00 in Babbio 122, and will be broadcast live from beautiful San Francisco, California in the heart of the Game Development Conference. Even without the required gushing about how the trip is a dream come true, we'll also cover:<br>
- More about classes<br> - Value and Reference Types<br> - Displaying s**t on the screen<br> - Making your own classes<br><br>Remember, this week is your grace period for grabbing that Xbox controller. If you still need one, send me (<a href="mailto:zfreedma@stevens.edu">zfreedma@stevens.edu</a>) or Ted (<a href="mailto:treed@stevens.edu">treed@stevens.edu</a>) an e-mail and get that $35 to us.<br>
<br>See you soon (If someone brings a Webcam),<br>Zack Freedman<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."<br>~Voltaire <br><br>Theodore M. Reed V<br>
Alpha Sigma Phi - Vice President & Editor<br>Information Technology Consultant<br>Microsoft Student Partner<br>Stevens Institute of Technology<br>(609) - 287 - 0534<br>