About the Author

John Horton is a coding and gaming enthusiast based in the UK.

He has a passion for writing apps, games, books, and blog articles about programming, especially for beginners. He is the founder of Game Code School, http://www.gamecodeschool.com, which is dedicated to helping complete beginners get started coding using the language and platform that is best for them.

John sincerely believes that anyone can learn to code and that everybody has a game or an app inside of them, and that they just need to do enough work to bring it out.

He has authored around a dozen technology books, most recently the following:

Beginning C++ Game Programming: https://www.packtpub.com/game-development/beginning-c-game-programming

Android Programming for Beginners: https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/android-programming-beginners

Android Game programming by Example: https://www.packtpub.com/game-development/android-game-programming-example

Learning Java Building Android Games: https://www.packtpub.com/game-development/learning-java-building-android-games