Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth.Direct3D (the 3D graphics API within DirectX) is widely used in the development of video games for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Xbox, and Microsoft Xbox 360. Direct3D is alternative language of Opengl (open graphics library). Opengl is free graphics library which is help to develoip 2d and 3d graphics for linux, windows,android,Mac os,ios plateform. whereas DirectX is only developed for Windows plateform. There are various new versions are available for DirectX. DirectX is simple language.
If you want to leran DirectX language than here is its manual,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff476345%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
http://www.sc.ehu.es/ccwgamoa/docencia/Material/hoy/Direct3D.pdf
Here are tutorial for Direct3D programming.
http://www.directxtutorial.com/LessonList.aspx?listid=9
http://www.rastertek.com/tutindex.html
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