Chapter 1. Introduction to Modern OpenGL

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Setting up the OpenGL v3.3 core profile on Visual Studio 2010 using the GLEW and freeglut libraries

• Designing a GLSL shader class

• Rendering a simple colored triangle using shaders

• Doing a ripple mesh deformer using the vertex shader

• Dynamically subdividing a plane using the geometry shader

• Dynamically subdividing a plane using the geometry shader with instanced rendering

• Drawing a 2D image in a window using the fragment shader and SOIL image loading library