LAlazypenguin·Dec 1, 2020Recommendation phrase
I recommend this crate if ease-of-use trumps the performance of using graphics acceleration:
https://github.com/emoon/rust_minifb
In Raytracing in One Weekend (2016)emoon
rust_minifb
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emoon / rust_minifb
rust_minifb
Cross platform window and framebuffer crate for Rust
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Cross platform window and framebuffer crate for Rust
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I recommend this crate if ease-of-use trumps the performance of using graphics acceleration: https://github.com/emoon/rust_minifb
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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4 sourcesThere's already a version of minifb for Rust though: https://github.com/emoon/rust_minifb
In MiniFB: Small cross platform library to create framebuffer to draw pixels inI'm an extreme outlier, but I'm about to start an Objective-C codebase (a 2D renderer on top of Metal), because I suspect interop with Rust will be a lot easier. In particular, it looks like you can just build .m files from a build.rs, and I'm pretty sure that's not true with Swift. It's also possible to invoke Obj-C from Rust using the dynamic features, but I think that's both code bloat and a runtime cost. [I'm interested in exploring these issues further, but it's probably outside the scope of this HN thread, get in touch if you want to discuss.]
Example build.rs: https://github.com/emoon/rust_minifb/blob/master/build.rs
In What's Going Down at the Tiobe Index? Swift, SurprisinglyFor simple pixel access and no primitives, https://github.com/emoon/rust_minifb is very compact and neat.
Otherwise rust-sdl2 is batteries included, there may be more ceremony than html5 canvas but it's easy to hide behind a simple interface. It has many simple examples.
But, like with C++, as long as the language doesn't come with a standard graphics library, I doubt the "official" books can really use graphics apps as a learning tool.
In Making a Game in Rust