Nix shell C++ SDL2 example

main.cpp

// SDL2 Hello, World!
// This should display a white screen for 2 seconds
// compile with: clang++ main.cpp -o hello_sdl2 -lSDL2
// run with: ./hello_sdl2
#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#define SCREEN_WIDTH 640
#define SCREEN_HEIGHT 480

int main(int argc, char* args[]) {
  SDL_Window* window = NULL;
  SDL_Surface* screenSurface = NULL;
  if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "could not initialize sdl2: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
    return 1;
  }
  window = SDL_CreateWindow(
			    "hello_sdl2",
			    SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
			    SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT,
			    SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN
			    );
  if (window == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "could not create window: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
    return 1;
  }
  screenSurface = SDL_GetWindowSurface(window);
  SDL_FillRect(screenSurface, NULL, SDL_MapRGB(screenSurface->format, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF));
  SDL_UpdateWindowSurface(window);
  SDL_Delay(2000);
  SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
  SDL_Quit();
  return 0;
}

shell.nix

{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
  pkgs.mkShell {
    buildInputs = with pkgs; [
      SDL2
      SDL2.dev
      clang
      cmake
    ];
  }