Re: Good online tutorials for DirectX9 beginners

From: Chris P. [MVP] (msdn_at_chrisnet.net)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:28:34 -0500

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:23:03 -0800, Jacques.Du.Preez wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can anyone please provide me with a few links to good online beginner
> tutorial/s for a DirectX 9 - in unmanaged C++. I have looked everywhere and
> all I can find are some examples with no explanations and very poor comments,
> or tutorials or technical articles without a proper example.
>
> I have thorough programming background in Java, C#, VB and C++. All I need
> is just one proper tutorial with an example. But I can't seem to find this
> anywhere.
>
> Or should I buy a book ... sheesh, but I'm too broke at this stage for that.
>
> Any help in this regards would really be very much appreciated. ThanX,

Are you looking to learn the entire DirectX 9 or just DirectSound? I can't
really recommend any great books that cover everything so your probably
best of saving your money for now.

I've found the best way to learn is to trace through the SDK samples line
by line, referencing each of the DX functions in the docs.