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Help => General => Topic started by: SpaceInJourney on October 05, 2016, 03:01:38 pm
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Im about to finally finish learning C++ basics and soon start to move to SFML, but I don't know a good SFML 2.0
Tutorials. Does anybody know one?
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Hi,
I would suggest that you go through the official tutorials first (they are really good!):
http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.4/
There are some video tutorials on YouTube, but I did not watch them. Maybe they are okay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAbkFY6lwAY
Then of course there are some more or less good books on packt:
https://www.packtpub.com/all?search=sfml
Some of the authors are or were active in this forum too or are part of the SFML Dev Team.
And also packt offers a Video course, but it's not worth the $70+ imho. Why? Computer generated voice and a little out of concept. I had the chance to get it for < $25 ...
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Most video tutorials on SFML contain a lot of vague or even wrong explanations. Especially the ones from CodingMadeEasy have bugs that are show over pretty much the whole series.
I can recommend the SFML Game Development book.
If you similarly have learned C++ just by watching some videos, I'd claim that you're missing a lot of information. Programming isn't just being able to write some code, but it's more about the understanding of the written code and design of it.
I'd recommend to read a good book on C++ instead: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list
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Most video tutorials on SFML contain a lot of vague or even wrong explanations. Especially the ones from CodingMadeEasy have bugs that are show over pretty much the whole series.
I can recommend the SFML Game Development book.
If you similarly have learned C++ just by watching some videos, I'd claim that you're missing a lot of information. Programming isn't just being able to write some code, but it's more about the understanding of the written code and design of it.
I'd recommend to read a good book on C++ instead: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list
Thanks, sadly I can't buy ebooks, but hopefully there are some C++ books in poland ex. "Symfonia C++ Standard" (It's in Polish language)
But I doubt if there are any SFML books.
Anyways, thanks!
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Just a quick note:
If you really want to delve into software development or even game development, then the best resources are found in English. I myself am from Germany and a software developer (game stuff is just a hobby) and when I compare the resources on the internet, most good informations are found in English (stackoverflow.com (http://stackoverflow.com/) for example is THE site on the internet, where you can find quick help. They have a lot of sub pages for specific topics, like Game Development (http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/)).
The books from Packt are available in print and PDF format. Sometimes both is cheaper then just digital :o
But make sure to work through the SFML tutorial on this site :) Anyway, good luck!