SFML Introduction

Getting SFML to work with Visual Studio
Here's a video that walks you through this process: https://watch.screencastify.com/v/VDdqsobi8ZyQUnQKNREP

Install Git
Git is a version control system that lets you manage and keep track of your source code history. If you're familiar with GitHub, the difference is that GitHub is a cloud-based hosting service that lets you manage Git repositories.

Download and install Git. To to the git site, find the latest source release, and click "download for windows".

Install vcpkg
Vcpkg is a C/C++ package manager for acquiring and managing libraries.

Open git and type Then type

Use vcpkg to get SFML
At the git command prompt, type.

Then, to get SFML useable by all your IDE's including Visual studio, type

Writing your first graphical SFML Program
Here's a basic SFML program that draws a green circle to a small game screen: