How do I even start?

[wbakunis]

I have about 2.5 years of java & c# experience. I'm not worried about learning c++ to develop plugins for OBS. My only problem is where do I begin? Is there any proper documentation? A proper file to build against like with java? I have microsoft visual express so i'm all set with the IDE.

 

[Muf]

First off, Express needs some tweaks to header files before OBS will compile, I'm not sure about the specifics.

Also, there is no documentation. The code is fairly self-explanatory in most cases (depending on which part of the code you're looking at), and you can get started making your own plugin by taking a simple plugin like the picture source, text source or DirectShow source and gutting it. If you get stuck anywhere along the way you can hop on IRC for help.

 

[wbakunis]

Should I just use notepad++ instead?

 

[Alton0]

I have tried those options and it does not seem to work on windows 8 and gives errors.