Learning sfml and have a question

[mjtilbrook1]

Im currently learning SFML and im reading SFML Game Development and within the book it shows that i should run the game in a game class which has the methods
 public:
   Game();
   void Run();
   
private:
   void ProcessEvents();
   void Update();
   void Render();


now im also watching youtube tutorials and the tutorials are showing just having it all run in the main function,

which should i be doing?

thanks

[grumpaladin]

Im currently learning SFML and im reading SFML Game Development and within the book it shows that i should run the game in a game class which has the methods
 public:
   Game();
   void Run();
   
private:
   void ProcessEvents();
   void Update();
   void Render();


now im also watching youtube tutorials and the tutorials are showing just having it all run in the main function,

which should i be doing?

thanks

It would be good practice (especially for bigger projects) to have your code placed in a Game class like that. Cleaner, more reusable code that is easier to debug is always preferable to a giant function somewhere. Breaking the code down into clean units = good practice, for all kinds of development not just game development.

[iocpu]

May I ask which YouTube tutorial are you watching? One thing to remember about programming tutorials in general is that they would often present a "quick and dirty" way to implement something because their goal is to explain the concept and not to dwell on the details (or good OOP practice for that matter).

[mjtilbrook1]

Im watching this



thats just one of the videos in a series

if there is anything you reccomend me watching please let me know anything will help me

[iocpu]

Can't really recommend any videos, as I personally prefer books. There are, however, lists of videos on things like C++ and Game Development (and much more) on GitHub. Perhaps you'll find something useful there?

As for SFML, I guess the official book would be a good start. In case you want to dig deeper into game development, I recommend this and this book too.