OpenGL Resources

OpenGL Resources

The books listed in the Syllabus:

• Edward Angel
  OpenGL: A Primer, 2nd Edition
  Addison-Wesley, 2005

  Dave Shreiner, Mason Woo, Jackie Neider, Tom Davis
  OpenGL Programming Guide, 5th Edition
  Addison-Wesley, 2006

will probably be the best resources for learning OpenGL. However, there are plenty of free resources online if you need more help.

Reference

• OpenGL's official home

• OpenGL Specification

• The OpenGL Programming Guide ("Red Book") online. Note this is an old version!

• The OpenGL Reference Manual ("Blue Book") online. Note this is an old version!

• OpenGL FAQs, including lists of tutorials

• OpenGL man pages - Reference for all OpenGL functions

• Microsoft's OpenGL Reference - Has listing and explanation of state variables as well as all functions

Tutorials

A lot of tutorials can be found easily through Google, so we'll only list a couple of prime examples here:

• NeHe OpenGL Tutorials - Tutorials from your first OpenGL program to advanced rendering techniques

• Nate Robins' OpenGL Tutors - tutor programs which help explain difficult concepts

• OpenGL Tutorial at UCCS, including details about GLUT

Other Sites

Here are a couple of sites that you might find useful.

• http://www.gamedev.net - Site for hobby game developers

• http://www.gamasutra.com/ - Another game developer site