So theres been a lot of controversy and confusion about which library to go with, SDL or Allegro. I'm making this thread to hear which one you guys prefer and a couple reasons why.
My choice would be Allegro mainly because I haven't really tried SDL and also because Allegro isn't hard to learn at all (you start out rough but once you start learning a lot of the easy stuff its smooth programming from there on out) . Thinking about going to SDL though.
Bludklok wrote:So theres been a lot of controversy and confusion about which library to go with, SDL or Allegro. I'm making this thread to hear which one you guys prefer and a couple reasons why.
My choice would be Allegro mainly because I haven't really tried SDL and also because Allegro isn't hard to learn at all (you start out rough but once you start learning a lot of the easy stuff its smooth programming from there on out) . Thinking about going to SDL though.
SDL. Using lazyfoo's tutorials alone (http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/index.php) I was able to make some serious headway in SDL. I then bought an SDL reference book (can't recall the name now) and that has helped with the finer points. But in all honesty, the SDL website is an excellent reference as well.
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Bludklok wrote:So theres been a lot of controversy and confusion about which library to go with, SDL or Allegro. I'm making this thread to hear which one you guys prefer and a couple reasons why.
My choice would be Allegro mainly because I haven't really tried SDL and also because Allegro isn't hard to learn at all (you start out rough but once you start learning a lot of the easy stuff its smooth programming from there on out) . Thinking about going to SDL though.
SDL. Using lazyfoo's tutorials alone (http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/index.php) I was able to make some serious headway in SDL. I think bought an SDL reference book (can't recall the name now) and that has helped with the finer points. But in all honesty, the SDL website is an excellent reference as well.
Oh yea I remember lazyfoo's site. When I was making the decision to go with SDL or Allegro I came across that site and from a quick look through it I could tell that it was pretty detailed.
SDL and Allegro are both hard to learn. I'd go with Allegro because SDL has no text function so you have to wright your own
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When I was researching on which to pick, it seemed like SDL is more powerful and Allegro is faster at churning out results. I've been using SDL for a few months and really haven't had much of a problem with it. It also plays well with OpenGL once you get there.
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Probably one of the worst attempts at auf wiedersehen I've seen.
