Best way to learn directX for making games?

[BentheMuffin]

I am looking to learn directx programming. I currently know java and a bit of c++ and I would like to learn directx. Free is prefered but I am willing to spend money if it is worth it.

[techguru]

http://www.amazon.ca/Windows-Game-Programming-For-Dummies/dp/0764516787 ...?...maybe...can probably find a pdf of it somewhere

 

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465149.aspx

[AlwaysFSX]

You're going to save yourself a loooooooooot of headaches if you use a game engine like UE4 instead.

[BentheMuffin]

http://www.amazon.ca/Windows-Game-Programming-For-Dummies/dp/0764516787 ...?...maybe...can probably find a pdf of it somewhere

 

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465149.aspx

Going to try the microsoft one, suprised I didn't see it through google.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

my boy is going to be a game developer!

[BentheMuffin]

my boy is going to be a game developer!

Thank you for your contribution.

[trag1c]

I've read both these books and they're solid reads. The first one by Frank D. Luna is a bit out of date with the newest Direct3D 11 API but its easy to overcome the API changes.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-3D-Game-Programming-DirectX/dp/1936420228

 

This one by Jason Zink (and a couple of other guys cant think of they're names atm) is also a very good read. It is well written and very informative. Its only draw back is that it uses an actively maintained rendering engine so the code samples in the book may not line up with whats in the source code repo for Hieroglyph 3 (the rendering engine.) But its easy enough to figure out whats going. This one is by far my favourite graphics programming read. Also the lead author Jason Zink is very active on the game development forum http://www.gamedev.net/page/index.html which is an amazing place for any sort of game/game engine development questions. This forum has many industry professionals from various studio's many of them being Lead programmers.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Rendering-Computation-Direct3D-11/dp/1568817207/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430458936&sr=1-1&keywords=Jason+zink

 

This one is more general purpose game/engine programming but very insightful for game/engine coding.

 

This one by far the greatest programming book I own. The author highlights his experience and challenges he has faced at the many studio's he has worked at. This includes file loading techniques, custom memory allocaters within the various engines he has used and programmed, rendering techniques, SIMD, Audio, animation systems, physics, practically every portion of a game is described in depth. This also includes PS3 and Xbox 360 programming, as well as a multitude of code snipets from various engines and games including uncharted 1,2,3 and The Last of Us. He also writes about the internals of various games such as killzone 3.

 

TL;DR This is the mega bible of game/engine programming written by the lead programmer at Naughty Dog Jason Gregory.

 

http://www.gameenginebook.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Engine-Architecture-Second-Jason-Gregory/dp/1466560010/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430459510&sr=1-1&keywords=game+engine+architecture+second+edition