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The third link is a more beginner style tutorial in case you get stuck.ДЄlso this one has all the information and detailed documentation you could ever wish for, keep track of it regardless of what source you're going to use: I really like the second link, it has a bunch of small tutorials on a range of subjects, it is also a great source to get to know more complex algorithms. The first link is a great source for getting to know the pipeline, I strongly recommend reading it all. A great starting point to learn about OpenGL 3.x and up on the internet would be: Now I personally dislike books, but that's just me.

It is entirely different from previous APIs - at least its usage is. But OpenGL 3.x and up really deserves a new book. I don't know why each minor version has a new book, people have an addiction to books I suppose. The truth is that modern OpenGL is hugely supperior to older OpenGL, it is much, much faster and designed for modern hardware. In your comment you mentioned particles, it is so much more fun to experiment with particles if you have the ability to use transform feedbacks, compute shaders, geometry shaders, instanced rendering and so on. But once you're able to proficiently use these features, you will be blown away by its power. The programmable pipeline, server side buffers and all the goods from OpenGL 3.x and up are perhaps hard to learn about. OpenGL 2.x invites you to use older functionality, as it is terribly easy to use, but possibly a felony. Simply because you can't be cautious enough. OpenGL 2.x does include programmable pipeline features and server side buffers, but I would still strongly recommend using modern OGL. This includes client side memory, fixed pipeline, built in lighting calculation etc. OpenGL 3.0 introduced the deprecation mechanism, thus most of OpenGL 2.x features were deprecated.

Anyway, it heavily focuses on the older, deprecated functionality, I wouldn't consider it worth reading anymore.

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Also note the redbook is entirely free on the internet, at least the relevant parts (as far as I'm aware). All of OpenGL is well documented and everything you need to know can be found on the internet. This is probably not the answer you were hoping for, but: don't bother learning OGL < 3.0. Reason for asking is I liked the book (Version 2.1) so much, I thought I should buy it! (Madness, no?) Anyway, I want to know what extra stuff is in Version 2.1, or what has changed, so I can made a decision about if spending extra is worth it. I am assuming some major changes were made or extensions and functionality added in the 2.1 release? Why is there a whole new book for a version increment of 0.1: As in from Version 2.0 to 2.1. As far as I can tell, there is a book for Version 1.0 or something like that, then 2.0, 2.1, and then 3 or 3.5 or something.

TLDR? Question starts here:Д«asically I would like to know what the main differences are between OpenGL Version 2 and Version 2.1. As I explain later, I am looking to buy the book for Version 2 or Version 2.1, and would like some advice. I think this is a programming question, and would be helpful to others like myself. This might be the sort of question which gets poor reception, and gets voted to close, but please don't do that - I would like an answer to my question. It is certainly much better suited to non-experts and people with less experience. So far I have found it much easier to follow. I was able to borrow the Version 2.1 book, and I am fairly sure this was the one I had read parts of. I was sure I had read a similar book (an older version, when it used to be called 'redbook') and found it much easier to follow. Unfortunately I have found the 4.3 book very heavy going and difficult to follow. I borrowed the book to help me extend my knowledge. I already know a little bit about using OpenGL with SFML, SDL and glut. Hi, I am a student and over the summer I borrowed the OpenGL Programming Guide, for version 4.3, which was the only version my University seemed to have in the main library. X Window System, Addison-Wesley, 1997).Borrowed a book from the Uni Library. (which is thoroughly documented in his book, OpenGL Programming for the For this edition, we use the open-source version of the GLUT interface from the folksДeveloping the freeglut project. Toolkit (GLUT), originally authored by Mark Kilgard.

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The book also includes some code and lib at this webДЄll of the programs contained within this book use the OpenGL Utility OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Version 4.3: 8th Edition

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IвЂ™m running windows 7 with vs 2012 on C++ code. Im trying to get the code to compile but had no luck.

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