SdlWhat is SDL?
It is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D.
SDL is a tool in the Frameworks category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Multiple window supportHardware-accelerated 2D graphicsBetter Unicode support
SDL Pros & Cons
Pros of SDL
- ✓Actively being worked on
- ✓Cross-platform
- ✓Fast
Cons of SDL
- ✗No GUI support
SDL Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to SDL?
Electron
With Electron, creating a desktop application for your company or idea is easy. Initially developed for GitHub's Atom editor, Electron has since been used to create applications by companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Slack, and Docker. The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on io.js and Chromium and is used in the Atom editor.
JavaFX
It is a set of graphics and media packages that enables developers to design, create, test, debug, and deploy rich client applications that operate consistently across diverse platforms.
pygame
It is a cross-platform set of Python modules designed for writing video games. It includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed to be used with the Python programming language.
