Homebrew Hello world problem

[Sarvesh50]

Ok i open devkitpro programmers notepad
and then i switch plain text to C/C++

then i

#include
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
cout

 

[geocool]

I Think You Need To Add Some More Lines To Work This On DS. It's not as creating an exe... But I'm not sure...

Check This Site: http://www.aaronrogers.com/nintendods/PA_L...y1_Hello_World/

 

[eSquire]

Programmer's Notepad is just a text editor with syntax-highlighting features and such. It is not a compiler.

Also, that code you have there is for PCs and won't work on a DS.

 

[DanTheManMS]

Including nds.h would be a good start. Also keep in mind the DS has no built-in text rendering engine, or console mode, or anything. LibNDS does contain some working implementations of these things however.

DevKitPRO comes with a "Hello, World" example for the DS. I'd suggest looking there.

 

[Sarvesh50]

well did include later nds.h file but stil the compiled nds file id start but it turned a white screen

 

[TheLazy1]

Including nds.h will not make your program magically work

If you are just learning how to write code I would suggest you start on the PC first since it is so much easier to debug.

 

[Sarvesh50]

well ok but how much pc progress i need to make to start with the ds?

 

[geocool]

First You Need To Learn Many Things About C++ Like Fuctions Pointers And All These. You Can't Start programming on DS without knowing how to do it on pc.

www.cplusplus.com is a nice site to start.

I want to make homebrews for Ds or Wii too but without the basic knowledge you can't do many things.

 

[DanTheManMS]

Again, open the example projects and make sure you can compile them. If THAT fails, then you've got a more serious issue to deal with.

 

[Sarvesh50]

First You Need To Learn Many Things About C++ Like Fuctions Pointers And All These. You Can't Start programming on DS without knowing how to do it on pc.

www.cplusplus.com is a nice site to start.

I want to make homebrews for Ds or Wii too but without the basic knowledge you can't do many things.

OK its going to be pc

 

[lincruste]

OK its going to be pc

Do not forget to try DanTheManMS's advice. Try compiling some examples of code. You might want to test your increasing C skills on your DS, it will be a great source of motivation (is "motivation" an english word by the way?

).

 

[ShadowEO]

There's no reason that he can't learn C++ while working with the DS. Just keep a Libnds manual open so you can reference functions and their arguments when needed. But you've got the right structure for your hello world, just the wrong commands. But keep working on it and you should be able to get it, Also if your starting for a mix of both graphical and text (virtual keyboard) I suggest you also install PALib. Just keep going, I'm learning C++ too just to work on the DS

Just keep being determined to make it work and take alot of time and effort on your code, don't just whip it together and hope for the best, when you think your ready to debug, review your code just one more time, then compile for NDS, Also PALib comes with emulators to test your DS program in so you don't have to transfer your program back and forth everytime you attempt it.

Good luck Sarvesh and happy coding. If I knew more about C++ than just the structure of the code I'd offer to help you more but I'm still learning myself, even though people say that C++ is just like the web langugage PHP >_> It's not....

but I'm still trying. I hope to make good homebrew someday as well.

 

[Sarvesh50]

Haha ok but i heard palib is rookie friendler so i better use palib right?

 

[TheLazy1]

I think you need to learn on a platform that is well documented and has a good debugger: a PC for example.
There is no law saying you can't learn on the DS, it's just going to be more difficult.

If you are ready, just use libnds.
There are plenty of examples now and it is designed very well, has documentation and is easy to use.

 

[anandjones]

Sarvesh50, it's a high abstraction library. Use it if you want. The newer libnds APIs makes it a lot easier for sprites, backgrounds without all the control register settings etc.

 

[EEragon]

For a new nds-programmer, PAlib is the best choice.
If you are an die-hard nds-programmer, you better can start learning ndslib immediately.

I'm a rookie programmer, I programming Patapon DS now and I'm using PAlib because libnds is a little to hard for me, and the're no good tutorials for it yet.

 

[Sarvesh50]

Sure then i will use palib