https://github.com/lecrapouille/openglcppwrapper

[Lib][Version 0.9][Partially Functional][WIP] A C++ 11 wrapper for Core Profile OpenGL allowing to write complete applications in a reduced number of lines of code
https://github.com/lecrapouille/openglcppwrapper

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[Lib][Version 0.9][Partially Functional][WIP] A C++ 11 wrapper for Core Profile OpenGL allowing to write complete applications in a reduced number of lines of code

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/lecrapouille/openglcppwrapper
• Owner: Lecrapouille
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-11-15T22:41:35.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-31T09:05:57.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-11T11:12:59.516Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: 3d, 3d-engine, 3d-game, 3d-graphics, cpp, cpp11, game-development, glumpy, graphics, graphics-programming, opengl, opengl-functions, opengl-tutorial, opengl-wrapper, rendering, shaders, three-cpp, three-js, wrapper
• Language: C++
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• Size: 2.2 MB
• Stars: 12
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • License: LICENSE
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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# OpenGLCppWrapper

## What is OpenGLCppWrapper Library ?

[OpenGLCppWrapper](https://github.com/Lecrapouille/OpenGLCppWrapper) is a

C++11 wrapper for writing OpenGL `Core Profile` applications in few lines of

code.

**Warning:** Do not confuse Core Profile OpenGL (>= 2.2) with Legacy Profile

OpenGL (<= 2.1). This API does not manage OpenGL Legacy Profile, but manages

OpenGL Core Profile version >= 3.3.

This API is split in two parts:

- The first API part (functional), greatly been inspired by the

  [Glumpy](https://github.com/glumpy/glumpy) project, is object-oriented based

  does not just content to give a C++ flavor name to OpenGL routines but hides

  for you the complexity of calling in the correct order OpenGL functions as

  well as passing correct parameters to them. You, as developer, will have just

  to deal writing your OpenGL shaders (GLSL language), asking to

  OpenGLCppWrapper to compile them, and filling data to populated VBOs (such as

  vertices position, texture coordinates, normals ...) or loading the desired

  textures image (png, jpeg) to populated samplers. Nothing more complex indeed,

  OpenGLCppWrapper will instantiate classes wrapping OpenGL VAOs, VBOs, texture,

  framebuffers once shaders have been compiled ... It also manages OpenGL object

  lifetime: it makes automatic the transfer of "dirty" CPU data (from your C++

  space memory point of view) to the graphics card memory (VBOs, textures).

- The second API part (not functional, rework in progress), greatly been

  inspired by the [three.js](https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js) project gives

  you more abstraction, by offering some basic functionalities such as geometric

  primitives, materials, camera, lights and scene graph. This part will simplify

  you creating OpenGL scenes.

**Warning:** This library is not a game engine but just an oriented object

wrapper for OpenGL that can be used for a game engine. As drawbacks, this API is

less cache friendly than calling directly your OpenGL routines (due to a lot of

if-then-else, smart pointers and dynamic cast). This is the price of hiding the

complexity and staying generic.

### Table Of Contents

* [Installation](doc/Install.md)

* [Tutorial](doc/tutorials/Core.md)

* [Examples](examples/README.md)

* [Architecture](doc/Architecture.md)

* [Credits](doc/Credits.md)