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Start with the triangle tutorial to build your first application. Then explore resource management, shader data, and synchronization in the concept articles, or choose a sample for the technique you want to implement.

First Triangle

A console application that opens a window and renders a triangle

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Samples

C# and Slang implementations of geometry, compute, ray queries, and mesh shading

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Core concepts

How to choose resource usages, describe shader data, and coordinate GPU execution

Execution Model

Command recording, submission, and resource lifetime

Resource Management

Resource usages, memory placement, and views

Shader Data and Binding

Data-layout and binding conventions for C# and Slang

Synchronization

Dependencies, visibility, and completion

Platform Integration

Native presentation and UI rendering controls

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First Triangle

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Core concepts