Homebrew programming questions

[zidane_genome]

I'm trying to read up on DS programming, and have a basic understanding.

A few questions I have for people who know what they are doing;

Can I use Visual Studio 2008 (has C++ and C#) to help write out (and debug) DS programs.

Are there any good programs that help with writing DS apps/games other than Game Weaver and XtenDS (think they are pretty much the same thing)

How do I compile the code to run on my DS?

Thanks alot! There aren't alot of resources out there for programming on the DS.

 

[littlestevie]

have you looked at Devkit ARM

 

[Sp33der]

yes you can use Visual Studio

And to compile code for the DS, you need devkitARM; http://www.devkitpro.org/

note: DS programming is really low level so you probably need alot of tutorials also

 

[zidane_genome]

got a link to some tutorials? lol

got some good ideas, just can't put them on the ds yet, lol

 

[gosp]

There's a ton of tutorials out there for using the PAlib library http://www.palib.info/wiki/doku.php?id=day...g_and_compiling

 

[Sp33der]

Maybe a good intro: http://patater.com/manual

Some ppl say this tutorial is the best: http://www.coranac.com/tonc/text/toc.htm Note this one is for GBA, but gba and ds programming are almust the same except that the ds has 2 screen.

One at Dev-Scene also:

http://dev-scene.com/NDS/Tutorials


edit: also have a look at the examples of libnds

 

[Wabsta]

Just use Palib ^^ There is a very handy wiki... And by looking in the Palib examples, it's very ease to learn too

 

[arctic_flame]

PA_Lib won't help you with programming in the long run. Then again, the DS isn't a great platform to begin on anyway.

 

[Wabsta]

PA_Lib won't help you with programming in the long run. Then again, the DS isn't a great platform to begin on anyway.

Yes, that's right.
I already knew some programming, cause I learned a little JAVA at school.
So.. actually you're right...

 

[Sp33der]

Can i hear ya ideas i might help

,
here are some more tuts xD,

http://www.double.co.nz/nintendo_ds/

http://nocash.emubase.de/gbatek.htm (Very good for hardware info)

 

[Penguin]

Game Weaver? I have never heard of that one. Is it like Game Maker, but for making NDS homebrew, or is it like devkitPRO/devkitARM?