Racket is the noble descendant of Lisp, a programming language renowned for its elegance and power. But while Racket retains the functional goodness of Lisp that makes programming purists drool, it was designed with beginning programmers in mind. Realm of Racket promises to make this language even more fun and accessible with its collection of comics and games. You'll follow Chad, a hapless college freshman, whose cartoon adventures introduce new programming skills in each chapter. As you begin to tackle more complex concepts, like recursion, mutable structs, lazy evaluation, and distributed programming, the games get more sophisticated-and more fun! By the end of the book you'll have programmed and played complete games like Robot Snake, Orc Battle, Dice of Doom, and Hungry Henry. Along the way, you'll learn to: * Master the quirks of Racket's syntax and semantics * Write concise and elegant functional programs * Create a graphical user interface using the 2htdp/image library * Create a server to handle true multiplayer games * Put your Racket skills to the test by taking on challenging end-of-chapter exercises Realm of Racket is a lighthearted guide that will teach you some serious programming. Programming just got more fun.