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# Tour of WGSL



This repo contains a simple tour of WGSL static site generator. The

purpose is to provide an introduction to WGSL through examples which can

be modified and run by the user.



This is not an officially supported Google product.



## Development



### Quickstart

1. Install Hugo Extended v0.0111.3 or newer



> Available from [Hugo

> Releases](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases) (might need to

> expand the fold to see the extended versions)

>

> An example install on a Debian based Linux system using prebuilt

> binaries:

> 1. Goto [Hugo Releases -

>    v0.111.3](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.111.3)

>    in a browser

> 2. Download the platform appropriate prebuilt package

>    (`hugo_extended_0.111.3_linux-amd64.deb`)

> 3. Install package locally using `dpkg -i

>    hugo_extended_0.111.3_linux-amd64.deb`



In 'Tour of WGSL' source directory



2. Install Node dependencies `npm ci`



3. Run Hugo webserver `npm run serve`



This should start a webserver on `localhost:1313/tour-of-wgsl` that you

can visit using a browser on your local machine.  Editing pages in the

site will auto-reload the browser window. This site may not display

correctly if WebGPU is not available in your browser, see below for

details about enabling WebGPU.



Documentation can be generated with `npm run docs`, though there are

known issues with types that may cause warnings/errors.



### Getting WebGPU in your browser

#### Chrome

**Note:** Need to be running Chrome (113.xxx) or newer, which

currently is the canary/unstable version. For Windows & Mac this can

be downloaded from https://www.google.com/intl/en_ca/chrome/canary/.



It's strongly advised to have this installed separately on your local system,

apart from your primary browser used daily. This version isn't as rigorously

tested as the stable release, thus there's a possibility it might encounter

issues during regular use.



Enable WebGPU flags, using either:

 * Set `Unsafe WebGPU` to `enabled` in

   `chrome://flags/#enable-unsafe-webgpu` in the browser



##### Linux

There is no canary provided for Linux, so either you will need to

install from source or download a nightly build, both of which are out

of scope for this doc.



> For Googlers on Linux, there is an internal Chrome unstable package

> that can be installed using `apt-get` for a separate install from

> your normal work browser



On Linux, with `Unsafe WebGPU` enabled, you may still not get

triangles rendering, depending on if Vulkan support is enabled for

your browser.



To force enabling Vulkan:

* Set `Vulkan` to `enabled` in `chrome://flags/#enable-vulkan` in the

  browser



### Adding new pages

A new page can be added with the `hugo new` command.



* `hugo new basics/for-loops.md`



This would add a new `for-loops.md` page into the `basics/` folder. The

Markdown file can also just be created by hand if desired.



## Folder Layout

The pages for the tour exist in the `content/` folder. The `_index.md`

file is the main homepage of the application. Under `content/` there

are a series of folders such as `basics/` for the various sections in

the tour. Each folder may contain multiple steps of that part of the

tour.



## Shaders

A page allows the shader source to be set which will be loaded into the

text box. This is done by adding a `shader: ` into the

frontmatter of the document (the stuff in the `---` block at the top).

The shader will be fetched and populated into the textbox. The user can

then edit the shader if desired and `Render` the result.



## Uniforms

There are several uniforms provided to the shaders, this does mean that

for any shader which doesn't use the uniforms they need a phony

assignment in order to not generate layout errors.



### Parameters

* `frame` -- The current frame number