Where to start developing 3DS Homebrew?

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  1. HomebrewAddict

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    I can't find many resources to learn to code Homebrew for the 3DS, I already know some C but most of the tutorials I have found either don't work or don't explain things very well. I have made a basic app by myself but that's it. It doesn't do much. I know about GBATemp's wiki but I just can't find good tutorials. Can you please find some tutorials. I know the community on this website is really helpful so I'm sure someone will help me. (Sorry for my bad English, I'm still learning)

    App's Code: pastebin . com / YHUDkZhg
     
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    Delete the spaces on the Pastebin link to see my code. There are 3 files: main.c, colors.h, colors.c.
    They are labeled like this:
    main.c:

    code...

    colors.c:

    code..

    colors.h:

    code...

    They are in that order.
     
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    you are not going to find a lot of current/useful tutorials for the 3ds outside of the example programs here: https://github.com/devkitPro/3ds-examples

    I would recommend asking specific questions - general/vague questions tend to be ignored.
     
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    I already know about the devkitpro examples but they aren't that helpful. They don't explain much. Thanks for the tip!
     
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    What sort of homebrew are you wanting to make? If you're interested in making a game, maybe you could start by following a generic C tutorial for a simple game (tic-tac-toe, sudoku?) then look at porting it to work on 3DS. Or you could try modifying an existing homebrew application and learn by breaking things :). There are a lot of interesting 3ds projects on github that could show you more useful examples than just devkitpro. You also might get quicker feedback on a homebrew discord server.
     
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    They show how to use the hardware that is unique to the 3ds. If you are trying to learn/understand general programming tasks then you are much better off learning on a pc. The tools are much better and there are lots of tutorials for the pc. Using a debugger to step through code requires quite a bit of effort on the 3ds. Doing the same on a pc is trivial.
     
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