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Intro to C on Windows - Day 1

Name: Intro to C on Windows - Day 1
Description: Day 1 of Handmade Hero's introduction to C on Windows, covering setting up Visual Studio, creating a Win32 project, the WinMain entry point and writing a first function. It is the starting point for Casey Muratori's from-scratch game series.

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4 HN users recommended this tutorial in 4 different months between 2014 and 2022.

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1 strong recommendation 3 recommendations 1 citation HackerTube score 4.5

HN recommends it as an approachable way into C and low-level programming that gets to something visible quickly.

Day 1 of Handmade Hero's introduction to C on Windows, covering setting up Visual Studio, creating a Win32 project, the WinMain entry point and writing a first function. It is the starting point for Casey Muratori's from-scratch game series.

Pull quote: “I think Handmade Hero's[0] intro to C is good” (HN, 2020)

Also tagged: c programming on windows, handmade hero, c language, win32, visual studio, casey muratori

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5 labeled comments from the HN archive; up to 20 are kept per video, favoring different commenters. Each one links back to the original thread.

Strongly recommends stephenheron December 2014 under Ask HN: What new or hot technology do you recommend learning?

Building a game from scratch in C opened eyes to C's power.

I found this video series ( [this video] ) very interesting. It is someone (Casey Muratori) building a game from scratch using C. The intro videos really opened my eyes to how powerful C is. Being able to directly access memory seems crazy for someone who is just used to dealing with languages that really remove you from the hardware.

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Recommends LucaSas December 2019 under How to write better game libraries

Good resource for learning C and low-level software.

As a good resource for learning C I would recommend Casey Muratori's tutorials: [this video] If you are interested in learning more about writing complex software in C consider checking out HandmadeHero. Sadly there need to be more good resources on learning how to write good C and low level software. I am hoping my article can be a starting point for people who wish to learn about library design for example.

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Recommends thomascgalvin January 2020 under We’re approaching the limits of computer power – we need new programmers

Good intro to C that gets to shiny colors on screen quickly.

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> I challenge you to find a C “boot camp.” C isn't a language that lends itself to bootcamp-stye learning. With Javascript, you can get something on-screen in a few minutes, and even if you make mistakes, you will normally see something . It's a more forgiving environment. With C, a small error prevents compilation at all, and it's going to be a relatively long time before you're ready to progress past the "printing text to the console" stage. C is flatly harder to learn, and unless you're the kind of person who likes mental challenge, it's less rewarding than Javascript. It isn't the kind of thing you tackle because you need hirable job skills by the end of the month. There are still some excellent C tutorials out there (for example, I think Handmade Hero's[0] intro to C is good, and Handmade Hero itself gets you to the "shiny colors on the screen" stage very quickly), but HH has a different mentality than a bootcamp. HH is about learning, exploring, breaking things, and figuring them out on the fly. A bootcamp is about gathering the minimum knowledge necessary to be productive as quickly as possible. [0]: [this video]

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Recommends jcalabro October 2022 under Ask HN: Teaching Greybeard IT

Excellent intro to C on Windows, building up how computers work.

It's not quite aimed at IT/System admin, but Handmade Hero[0] is an excellent resource for learning how a computer works from the ground up. It starts with an excellent intro to C on Windows[1] and works its way up from there. It's really long and involved, but I've found that internalizing the general ethos is quite valuable, even if you just watch a handful of episodes. [0] [link] [1] [this video]

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Cites it axotty November 2014 under Handmade Hero: C game from scratch

Intro video centered on Visual Studio; commenter asks about non-Windows support.

Wow. I can't even begin to express how much the premise behind this series resonates with me. I've been looking for something just like this. My only issue is that, although in C, the preview/introduction video seems pretty centered around visual studio[0]. In the FAQ you say that multi platform support for *nix systems will be added later. How exactly will this work for those of us who want to follow along, but don't have Windows? [0] [this video]

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