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Recommendations For C++/OpenGL Linux Tutorials?

Posted by timothy on from the no-you-guide-me dept.

QuaveringGrape writes "After a few years of Python I've recently been trying to expand my programming knowledge into the realm of compiled languages. I started with C, then switched over to C++. A friend and longtime OpenGL programmer told me about NeHe's tutorials as a good step after the command-line programs started to get old, but there's a problem: all the tutorials are very Windows-based, and I've been using Linux as my single platform for a while now. I'm looking for suggestions for tutorials that are easy to learn, without being dumbed down or geared towards non-programmers."

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  1. LazyFoo might help by Drethon · · Score: 5, Informative

    LazyFoo's website http://www.lazyfoo.net/ has tutorials on SDL (a very simple 2d sprite engine).

    I don't know if he has basic tutorials but he has tutorials in Windows, Linux and other OSes too I think.

  2. Standard C++ books by porsche911 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would recommend the following books:
    Alexandrescu - "Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied"
    Meyers - "Effective C++" and "More Effective C++"
    Stroustrup "The C++ Programming Language"
    Stepanov - "Elements of Programming"
    Koenig - "Accelerated C++"
    Koenig - "Ruminations on C++" (A little out of date but still a good read)

    Good luck, C++ has evolved into a large and complex language. You may want to read Stroustrups "The Design and Evolution of C++" on the side to understand how it developed.

    -c