Useful Links
OpenGL Main Hub:
OpenGL and GLSL Tutorials:
www.lighthouse3d.com : A site dedicated to 3D Computer Graphics. Contains many introductory articles on CG Problems and Algebra. Also includes OpenGL and GLSL tutorials.
nehe.gamedev.net : A comprehensive but slightly out-dated suite of OpenGL and GLSL tutorials which you'll find useful. Hosted by GameDev.
Programming Languages:
www.cplusplus.com : An in-depth documentation of the C++ Programming Language. Includes API Documentation for the Standard Template Library(STL) and many useful tutorials.
www.cprogramming.com : Another very useful site on C and C++ programming. Includes many tutorials and examples with OpenGL.
Coding Resources
Libraries:
GLUT Library : GLUT is the OpenGL Utility Toolkit, a window system independent toolkit for writing OpenGL programs. It implements a simple windowing application programming interface (API) for OpenGL.
FreeGLUT Library : FreeGLUT is an open source alternative to the out-dated OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library.
GLEW Library : The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW) is a cross-platform open-source C/C++ extension loading library. GLEW provides efficient run-time mechanisms for determining which OpenGL extensions are supported on the target platform.
Frameworks:
Qt Framework : Qt is an advanced cross-platform application framework that is widely used for developing application software with a graphical user interfaces (GUI). Also contains modules for OpenGL and GLSL. It is a more advanced alternative to GLUT and FreeGLUT Toolkits. Documentation,API & Tutorials are provided in the web-site.
Programming Environments & Compilers:
Cygwin : Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. Cygwin provides native integration of Windows-based applications, data, and other system resources with applications, software tools, and data of the Unix-like environment. You may use C/C++ compilers of Cygwin to develop C++/OpenGL applications on Windows.
Microsoft Visual C++ : Visual C++ (often abbreviated as MSVC or VC++) is a commercial, integrated development environment (IDE) product for C, C++, and C++/CLI programming languages. It has tools for developing and debugging C++ code. And has its own C/C++ compiler(VC++). We strongly suggest that you use Visual C++ 2005(VC++ 8.0) Professional version throughout this course due to its simplicity and stability. However you may also use Visual C++ 2010 Express edition which can be downloaded from the link provided.