Clayton Walnum is a programmer who has written multiple books about programming in C#,

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and

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. Clayton Walnum started programming computers in 1982, when he traded an

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to buy an Atari 400 computer with 16K of RAM.InformIT: Clayton Walnum
/ref> He was hired as a Technical Editor for

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magazine

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in 1985, eventually becoming Executive Editor before leaving in 1989, the year the publication folded. He authored a number of type-in games for ''ANALOG'', including ''Dragonlord'' (1985) and ''Moonlord'' (1986), mostly written in

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. Walnum has since acquired a degree in

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, and written over 30 books (translated into many languages). He is also the author of hundreds of magazine articles and software reviews, as well as a large number of programs.

Books

* Microsoft Direct3D Programming: Kick Start * Sams Teach Yourself Game Programming With Directx in 21 Days * C# for Visual Basic Programmers * Sams Teach Yourself Game Programming With Visual Basic in 21 Days * C++ Master Reference * Visual Basic 6: Master Reference * The Complete Idiot's Guide to Visual Basic 6

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