Resources

Resources such as URLs, programs, etc. related to this course can be found here.

.NET

OpenGL/GLU

• Microsoft OpenGL/GLU libraries and header files: opengl95.exe
• OpenGL/GLU manual: indexOpenGLManual.html ( also available as download GLandGLU_man_pages.zip)
• OpenGL v.1.3 specification: OpenGL_spec_1_3.pdf
• OpenGL Examples (from the OpenGL Programming Guide): Available as .NET solution OpenGL_ExamplesNET.zip, as VS 6.0 workspace OpenGL_ExamplesVS6.zip or as individual source files OpenGL_ExamplesSourceFiles.zip.
• Nate Robin's OpenGL tutorials illustrate important OpenGL concepts (such as transformations, projection and lighting) with example programs

GLUT

• GLUT libraries and header files (compatible with opengl32 and glu32). Originally written by Mark Kilgard, ported to Win32 (Windows 95,98,Me,NT,2000,XP) by Nate Robins: glut-3_7_6-bin.zip
• GLUT manual (ps-files): indexGLUTManual.html ( also available as download GLUT_man_pages.zip)
• GLUT manual: online HTML files at opengl.org web site
• GLUT v.3 specification: glut-3-spec.pdf

ANSI C

• DEC C Language manual (contains all ANSI C constructs and some DEC specific extensions): DEC C Language manual
• ANSI C Standard Library: Available from DEC C documentation or Ross Richardson [and here is an outside reference (apparently there are problems accessing uni resources from outside)]

C++

• Thinking in C++, Copyright (c) 2000, Bruce Eckel (http://www.BruceEckel.com). The following two links are local copies for use in this class only:
  • Volume 1: Contents
  • Volume 2: Contents
•   Some notes for Java programmers who are learning C++
•   Some notes comparing C++ and Java (mostly for C++ programmers who are learning Java)