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Intro to C on Windows - Day 1

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What it is

Day 1 of Handmade Hero's introduction to C on Windows, covering setting up Visual Studio, creating a Win32 project, the WinMain entry point and writing a first function. It is the starting point for Casey Muratori's from-scratch game series.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an approachable way into C and low-level programming that gets to something visible quickly.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “The intro videos really opened my eyes to how powerful C is.”

    Building a game from scratch in C opened eyes to C's power.

    stephenheron, 2014-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What new or hot technology do you recommend learning?”

  2. “As a good resource for learning C I would recommend Casey Muratori's tutorials”

    Good resource for learning C and low-level software.

    LucaSas, 2019-12 · Recommendation · in “How to write better game libraries”

  3. “I think Handmade Hero's[0] intro to C is good”

    Good intro to C that gets to shiny colors on screen quickly.

    thomascgalvin, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “We’re approaching the limits of computer power – we need new programmers”

  4. “It starts with an excellent intro to C on Windows[1] and works its way up from there.”

    Excellent intro to C on Windows, building up how computers work.

    jcalabro, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Teaching Greybeard IT”

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Topics: handmade hero, c language, win32, visual studio, casey muratori

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