== OpenGL Resources ==

The books listed in the ["Syllabus"]:

  Edward Angel[[BR]]
  ''OpenGL: A Primer, 2nd Edition''[[BR]]
  Addison-Wesley, 2005
  
  Dave Shreiner, Mason Woo, Jackie Neider, Tom Davis[[BR]]
  ''OpenGL Programming Guide, 5th Edition''[[BR]]
  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 ===
  * [http://www.opengl.org OpenGL's official home]
  * [http://opengl.org/documentation/specs/version2.0/glspec20.pdf OpenGL Specification]
  * [http://opengl.org/documentation/red_book/ The OpenGL Programming Guide] ("Red Book") online.  Note this is an old version!
  * [http://opengl.org/documentation/blue_book/ The OpenGL Reference Manual] ("Blue Book") online.  Note this is an old version!
  * [http://opengl.org/resources/faq/ OpenGL FAQs], including lists of tutorials
  * [http://www.opengl.org/documentation/specs/man_pages/hardcopy/GL/html/ OpenGL man pages] - Reference for all OpenGL functions
  * [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537011.aspx 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:
  * [http://nehe.gamedev.net/ NeHe OpenGL Tutorials] - Tutorials from your first OpenGL program to advanced rendering techniques
  * [http://www.xmission.com/~nate/tutors.html Nate Robins' OpenGL Tutors] - tutor programs which help explain difficult concepts
  * [http://www.cs.uccs.edu/~semwal/indexGLTutorial.html 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