I occasionally need to convert the background color of a particular image to be transparent so that the image looks better on medium with backgrounds of colors other than the image’s original ...

I don't know of any books, but I wrote a 2d game in Java which I lifted from download from the Java Boutique website. At least in 2001 there were tons of games and you could download the source code.

a 2d array is just an array of 1d arrays of a type. You will have to search each of the inner arrays.<BR><BR> <B>IF</B> the 1d array is sorted, you can use the binary search from java.util.Arrays ...

Much is being talked about 'innovation' in the technology circles. Enterprises are working on innovative solutions to better processes for a higher return-on-investments (ROI). Platform providers are ...