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Re:SDL2 common mistakes and how to avoid them by j-pb on Sunday January 08, 2023 @06:54AM (#34298333)
What really surprised me about SDL2 is how bad the documentstion is given that it's a very stable bit of software with a wide backing from industry.

There were apparently some efforts to move the wiki from one technology to another which somehow left it in a semi-broken limbo which hasn't been fixed for years.

It seems to be one of those technologies you get mostly taught by the seniors at your studio and they don't need no documentation cause they all got it in their heads.

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Re:SDL2 common mistakes and how to avoid them by krapp on Sunday January 08, 2023 @07:10AM (#34298431)
In my experience SDL2 is one of those libraries for which you have to be willing to read the source code itself, and the tests which contain handy implementation examples.

That said, I haven't had a problem with the wiki being inaccurate, but a lot of things do seem to not be documented there.

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