Hardware 3D (C++ DirectX Graphics) Tutorial 3

Windows message pump, window procedure, and event-driven programming in general. Getting messages, dispatching those bad boys, and processing them.

Topics Covered

• Event-Driven programming vs. Game Loop
• Windows Message Processing Flow
• GetMessage Pump
• WM_CLOSE / PostQuitMessage
• Graceful Message Pump Exit

Video Timestamp Index

Tutorial 3

Source Code

• Hardware 3D GitHub Repo

See also

• Next in series (Tutorial 4)
• Hardware 3D Series (C++ DirectX Graphics)
• Planet Chili Patreon