SDL Quickstart

main.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <SDL2\SDL.h>

// assumes installed using vcpkg
#ifdef _DEBUG
#pragma comment(lib, "SDL2d")
#pragma comment(lib, "SDL2maind")
#else
#pragma comment(lib, "SDL2")
#pragma comment(lib, "SDL2main")
#endif

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING) != 0) {
        printf("error initializing SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
        return 0;
    }

    SDL_Window* window = SDL_CreateWindow(
        NULL, // title
        SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, // posx
        SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, // posy
        1024, // w
        768,  // h
        0);

    if (window == NULL) {
        printf("error creating SDL window: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
        SDL_Quit();
        return 0;
    }

    SDL_Renderer* renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(
        window, 
        -1,
        SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED);

    if (renderer == NULL) {
        printf("error creating SDL renderer: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
        SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
        SDL_Quit();
        return 0;
    }

    SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, 0x64, 0x95, 0xED, 0xFF);

    unsigned char running = 1;
    while (running) {

        SDL_Event evt;
        while (SDL_PollEvent(&evt)) {
            if (evt.type == SDL_QUIT) {
                running = 0;
                break;
            }
        }

        SDL_RenderClear(renderer);
        SDL_RenderPresent(renderer);
    }

    SDL_DestroyRenderer(renderer);
    SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
    SDL_Quit();

    return 0;
}