C++ for Lazy Programmers: Quick, Easy, and Fun C++ for Beginners

© Will Briggs 2019

W. BriggsC++ for Lazy Programmershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5187-4_1

1. Getting Started

Will Briggs¹ 

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Lynchburg, VA, USA

 

Most programs in the first half of this book use the SDL and SSDL libraries,¹ on the theory that watching colorful shapes move across the screen and shoot each other is more interesting than printing text. Don’t worry; when you’re done, you’ll be able to write programs both with and without this library – and if I have anything to say about it, you’ll have had fun doing it. Let’s see how it goes.

A simple program

It’s wise to start small. Fewer things can go wrong.

So we’ll start small here with a simple program that writes “Hello, world!” on the screen. We’ll take it line by line to see what’s in it. ...