Recomended book

[mvl]

Hello,

I really like sfml and i bought the sfml game development book and think its a good read,
also i read several comment by popular members of this forum like nexus
that online tutorials aren't really good.

And books are best for good programming practice so i want to ask for a good book/books to read after sfml game development, I know this is the only book about sfml but books that use other language's are also good like SDL as long as it is platform independent because I work on Linux so no direct X there are enough books about that.

thank you for reading.

[eXpl0it3r]

For general C++ programming, you can take a look at the well known list on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list

[Jesper Juhl]

Some suggestions:

Game programming patterns: http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/
The Game Programming Gems series: http://www.gameprogramminggems.com/
The AI Game Programming Wisdom series: http://www.aiwisdom.com/
Physics for Game Developers: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920012221.do
Programming Linux Games: http://www.nostarch.com/plg.htm
Data Structures and Algorithms for Game Developers: http://www.amazon.com/Structures-Algorithms-Developers-Charles-Development/dp/1584504951

[mvl]

thank you,

I already found the page on StackOverflow but right now i would like something more game oriented.
And more general than for example physics or ai still great suggestions all I might look closer at programming linux games.
I also read the majority of Game programming patterns because it was available online also online books are very handy because i can start reading them right away. I might also take a closer look at game programming gems but i can't see anywhere to buy it are they still sold?

[Jesper Juhl]

Programming Linux Games is the "lightest" of the ones I listed. It's targeted at beginners, doesn't go into too much (if any) advanced stuff. But it's an easy read and not a bad one. But the other books on the list have a lot more "meat" to them.

If I could make only a single suggestion then that would be to buy the entire series of "Game Programming Gems" and read them cover-to-cover. There's a huge amount of gold buried in those books (both the old and new ones). They are also written in a very accessible manner.
I believe they can be bought via Amazon (and probably elsewhere as well) - some of them are out of print and can only be bought as used books, but some of them (the newer ones) can be bought as new.