Title = “To Script, or Not to script, That Is the Question” Import Title

1. Title = “To Script, or Not to script, That Is the Question”Import Title Import PowerPointalexname = “Alex M. Lobl”craigname = “Craig S. Tomastik”

2. Words of Wisdom from William Shakespeare • “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.” – William Shakespeare

3. File file = new File(“A Rather Silly Photograph.jpeg”);

5. cout << “What Is Scripting…? “ • Scripting is the use of a scripting language to implement commonly used parts of a program that otherwise would require constant recoding or calls. • Scripting Languages: a programming language that supports the writing of scripts, programs written for a software environment that automate the execution of tasks which could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator.

6. require ‘What a Scripting Language Can Do For You!’ • Quick/Easy way to read game data • Saves time, increases productivity & increases creativity • Provide extensibility • Loose structure • Interpreted from Source Code

7. \begin{comment} Scripting_Languages \end{comment}\begin{itemize} • \item Lua • \item Ruby • \item Python • \item TCL • \item Perl • \item Scheme • \item Java • \item JavaScript \ldots • \end{itemize}

8. ;;Examples • (load “Mario.java”) • (load “RPG_Maker.exe”)

9. ;;Examples (4exact!.jpg)

10. ;;Examples (almost230.jpg)

11. ;;Examples (ScriptedMovement.jpg)

12. ;;Examples (wordfail.jpg)

13. ;;Examples (wordsuccess.jpg)