SFML Book Question

[nicedude80]

I saw in the description of the SFML Game Development Book (I think that is the title) that it is for sfml 2.0, is there any major coding differences between sfml 2.0 and sfml 2.1? So wuld I be able to use SFML 2.1 with this book without confusion?

Also, one more question. Is SFML 2.0 Stable? As in would it be safe to distribute? Or is 2.1 safer?

One more thing, is that book good? Would it be good for a beginner programmer/sfml beginner?

Thanks!

[Nexus]

SFML 2.1 should work, but there is an important change in the development version: SFML no longer links its dependencies, so you have to do it yourself when linking statically.

SFML 2.1 has fewer bugs than SFML 2.0.

[nicedude80]

Im not linking statically, so I think I will just use the online tutorial to setup sfml, and use the book to learn. Thanks!

[nicedude80]

So, how much knowledge of c++ do I need to learn sfml through SFML Game Development? Does it explain the complicated stuff? Like pointers and standerd template library stuff? Like STD/STL and stuff? Or do I need to learn that first?

[Nexus]

You definitely need to learn that first, the book requires rather good C++ knowledge. But the ones you mentioned are crucial C++ topics, so you have to learn them anyway

It wouldn't make sense if the book explained basic C++ topics. There are enough really good books for C++, and those usually have far more pages than ours. So we could only give a very superficial introduction, and you would end up not understanding anything.

[nicedude80]

Ok, thanks!