3Fundamentals of Software Engineering for Games
In this chapter, we’ll briefly review the basic concepts of object-oriented programming (OOP) and then delve into some advanced topics that should prove invaluable in any software engineering endeavor (and especially when creating games). As with Chapter 2, I hope you will not to skip this chapter entirely; it’s important that we all embark on our journey with the same set of tools and supplies.
3.1 C++ Review and Best Practices
Because C++ is arguably the most commonly used language in the game industry, we will focus primarily on C++ in this book. However, most of the concepts we’ll cover apply equally well to any object-oriented programming language. Certainly a great many other languages are ...
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