Guest mutant Posted January 22, 2003 Posted January 22, 2003 Hi. I wanna learn some directx so i can use it in NET apps. As you know the latest version of dx is 9. Here is the problem. I want to buy a book, but all the ones ive seen are about dx7. Is is worth buying? Will those things apply to dx9? Thanks for your help! Quote
dellanooch Posted January 22, 2003 Posted January 22, 2003 http://www.dotnetbooks.com/ Enjoy. - andrew Quote
Guest mutant Posted January 22, 2003 Posted January 22, 2003 Thanks a lot! Very intresting site. But nothing about DirectX :( Quote
*Experts* Nerseus Posted January 23, 2003 *Experts* Posted January 23, 2003 I would steer clear of DirectX 7 books. Or, rent them from your library. A couple of DX9 books are due out in a few months. Until then, there is a TON of sample code with the SDK. Read the through the C++ help file, some of the "Getting Started" topics would be a great place to start as DirectX is quite large, a VERY full set of object, methods, functions, etc. that are a bit temperamental :) I'd check out the tutorial projects that get installed with the SDK. You have to locate all the samples by hand, but they have full projects in C# and VB.NET as well as C++. Also, there's a tutorial at http://www.directx4vb.com that I hear is pretty good. -Nerseus Quote "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut
dellanooch Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 Actually there is a book in the works for .NET and Directx9: http://www.dotnetbooks.com/listings/bookdetails.asp?isbn=1590590511 Here's the book's listing at good ol' Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590590511/qid%3D1043462217/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-5959001-9771211 Sadly this book was supposed to be released this month (I've been somewhat following it since December). But it's been moved to a March release, oh well. But yes, Nerseus is absolutely correct. Check out the code examples that come with the Directx9 SDK, I believe there's about ten tutorials that pretty much cover the basics (at least for VB.NET). As of right now those supplied tutorials/code samples are your best resource. - andrew Quote
*Experts* Nerseus Posted January 25, 2003 *Experts* Posted January 25, 2003 There's also a microsoft newsgroup for managed DirectX. There have been some fairly advanced topics on there, but don't worry - they also answer "newbie" questions as you are getting started. If you're using VB.NET, you have the VB directx newsgroup as well. Most of the posts concern DX9 so you may be able to get info there as well :) -Nerseus Quote "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut
Guest mutant Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 I didnt check the forum in a while :( Thanks so much for the info about that book!!!!! :D :D I will check the ms newsgroups too Quote
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