Welcome!
The goal of the following tutorials is to provide you with an introduction to SDL2 in C++. It’s assumed
throughout the series that you have some familiarity with C++ and are comfortable with functions, classes
and memory management. If you find yourself having trouble understanding the code in the tutorials
feel free to comment on the lesson and/or grab a good C++ book from this excellent list on
StackOverflow.
The full source and assets for the tutorials can be found on Github.
It may be helpful to check against this code to find errors, but it’s important to not copy
directly as it will take away from the learning experience. If you ever have questions about the meaning
or functionality of SDL features head over to the SDL documentation wiki
and/or comment on the lesson page. You can also get help with SDL in the SDL Forums.
Tutorials
Lesson 0: Mac Command Line
Thu Aug 15, 2013
To build the projects on OS X we’ll be using a simple makefile that will include the framework for us.
The makefile assumes you’ve installed SDL following the instructions in the .dmg file on the SDL2
downloads page and now have it available as a framework.
If you’re unfamiliar with Makefiles a basic introduction can be found here.
Continue Lesson 0: MinGW
Thu Aug 15, 2013
To build the projects with mingw we’ll be using a lightweight makefile that will set the
include and library paths along with linking our dependencies for us. The makefile assumes
that you’ve placed the SDL mingw development libraries under C:/SDL2-2.0.0-mingw/ and that
you’re using the 32bit version of mingw and the 32bit libraries. You should change this to
match your compiler (32/64bit) and the location of your SDL folder. To use makefiles with mingw call
mingw32-make.exe in the folder containing the makefile.
If you’re unfamiliar with Makefiles a basic introduction can be found here.
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