Building a Direct3D 11 application with C# and SharpDX
In this recipe we will prepare a blank project that contains the appropriate SharpDX references and a minimal rendering loop. The project will initialize necessary Direct3D objects and then provide a basic rendering loop that sets the color of the rendering surface to Color.LightBlue.
Getting ready
Make sure you have Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Desktop or Professional and higher installed. Download the SharpDX binary package and have it at hand.
To simplify the recipes in this book, lets put all our projects in a single solution:
- Create a new Blank Solution in Visual Studio by navigating to File | New | Project… (Ctrl + Shift + N), search for and select Blank Solution by typing that ...
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