New to SDL

Hi all,
I have just finished a c book. I want to learn SDL to do graphical programming with c.
I’m a lost in all those documents avalaible on the site. Plus some are C++.
Do you have some advice, or any suggestion for me?

Thanks a lot.

The Wiki is the most up-to-date and complete document. It has both the
API guide and some examples.
http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi/

  • SROn 7/22/05, victor NOAGBODJI wrote:

Hi all,
I have just finished a c book. I want to learn SDL to do graphical
programming with c.
I’m a lost in all those documents avalaible on the site. Plus some are C++.
Do you have some advice, or any suggestion for me?

Thanks a lot.


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victor NOAGBODJI wrote:

Hi all,
I have just finished a c book. I want to learn SDL to do graphical
programming with c.
I’m a lost in all those documents avalaible on the site. Plus some are
C++.
Do you have some advice, or any suggestion for me?

You need experience, not just documents. Try writing a very simple
game/application at first, using only a few features, and then work your
way up to more complex applications. For instance, I started by writing
Dumbbell:

http://www.thunderpalace.com/software/dumbbell/

The SDL site has a number of demos on it that might be helpful:

http://www.libsdl.org/demos.php

(You may have to look at each one to determine if it’s written in C++ or
just C.) Perhaps you can find a demo and add things to it, testing
different SDL features, or write your own test program from scratch. A
friend of mine learned this way.

Expect to be very confused at first, but things will get easier once you
become familiar with the library.

Hi Victor,

You could take a look at this book
http://www.nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=plg

There used to be a PDF version of the book, but
I don’t have the link for it. So I don’t know
if this is still legally available.

And to this web site
http://gpwiki.org/index.php/C:SDL_tutorials

Cheers and happy coding,
Paulo

victor NOAGBODJI wrote:> Hi all,

I have just finished a c book. I want to learn SDL to do graphical
programming with c.
I’m a lost in all those documents avalaible on the site. Plus some are C++.
Do you have some advice, or any suggestion for me?

Thanks a lot.



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