openGL

[isuace]

Im taking a course next semester that deals with openGL. Does anyone know of where I can get a compiler for openGL? Preferably for free.
Thanks
isuace

[KronoLeginaire]

umm.. I hope you know they are gonna move or delete this post, right?

[glc]

Why should we move or delete the thread? I believe there's open source available.

www.opengl.org

[isuace]

Thanks for the link glc. I was pretty sure that it was publicly available. I knew that I could for sure buy a book a comes with the compiler, but with the holidays here I was hoping to postpone any more buying.


isuace

[KoOk]

OpenGL doesnt exactly have a compiler all to its self, its a graphics library that consists right now of about 200 function calls that you access using some other language (C/C++, VB, etc.) and its not specific to windows its cross platform (unlike DirectX). I use MS Visual C++ 6.0 PE with OpenGL, although there is a free C++ compiler at www.bloodshed.net thats free called DevC++ that I hear a lot of people use, you could check that out. Also I believe Borland has a free compiler (these are of course for coding in C/C++). If you want to get a start now you can search for OGL tutorials online, there are quite a few. What kind of course is it? What types of things are you going to be writing?

[isuace]

KoOk,
the course is called Mechanical Engineering 519, Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling.
Im not exactly sure what all we are going to be doing, but a guy I know last year had to write a cheap version of dx ball. I also saw one of his projects where he had a helicopter that flew around in circles around a palm tree.
I dont really know anything about OpenGL, so I thought that I would maybe get a head start.

So how do I link the library to a program in c++? I have only ever written apps for unix, never for win. I do however have access to visual studio 6.0 and .net.

Thanks for your reply, I ll have to check out those tutorials when Im finished with this semesters finals.
isuace