Announce: Javalobby running tutorial series on LWJGL

[gregorypierce]

In an effort to get the project more exposure and get a clean set of docs I worked with Java Lobby to start running a tutorial series on LWJGL. You can access this series at:

http://www.javalobby.org/articles/game-programming/

This first piece is more newbie than most people here will need, but parts 2-4 will dive deep into LWJGL and at the end of it you'll have a nice little 2D game library that sits atop LWJGL and allows you to make games.

[Matzon]

excellent!
just have to register.....

[Matzon]

while waiting for my validation key...
who has copyright of the articles? - I would like to add it to lwjgl.org at some point in time, so that all people don't have to register... (if you dont mind)

[Matzon]

Nice article, looking forward to the next installment.
A couple of things:
1 (page 4): The image of WindowCreationTest is Windows XP - yet states it is OSX
2 (page 5): ...(as of this writing that would be lwjgl.jar, lwjgl_devil.jar, lwjgl_fmod3, lwjgl_media, lwjgl_util).... lwjgl_media is just resources, and needn't be added
3 (page 5): ...the directory
where the liblwjgl.dll (windows),.. it's lwjgl.dll under windows.
4 (page 7): You might consider using the util display mode selection stuff instead of manually selecting, see here: http://lwjgl.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=948
5 (page 10): There is no need to call Keyboard.poll(); It is done automatically on a Display.update();

[elias4444]

Keyboard.poll() is called on a Display.update()?
Ah, the things I never knew.

[Matzon]

/**
	 * Update the window. This calls processMessages(), and if the window is visible
	 * clears the dirty flag and swaps the buffers and polls the input devices.
	 * @throws OpenGLException if an OpenGL error has occured since the last call to GL11.glGetError()
	 */

:lol:

[gregorypierce]

I will incorporate this stuff in the revision to the .pdf that will be going in (hopefully) Tuesday.