NintendoMan07
Smash Journeyman
Ok, so I'm trying to get back into my Computer Animation class, and I'm gonna need help getting started.
First of all, my university has taught primarily Java-related courses, and now my courses are all "well, you need to learn C/C++" and evidently this one is no exception. I've done a bit of reading and I'm only somewhat familiar with C (if I pull a tutorial up and start working I can stumble my way through it).
With that said, could someone give me an "idiot's guide for setting up to program in OpenGL"? I've read the official site and I kinda understand that I'm gonna need certain .h and .lib files, but I'm not exactly sure where to go from there. I guess my failure to understand is caused by my thinking in terms of Java, which I seem to understand from class is NOT ideal for this type of programming. So... I guess I'm looking at a two-fold problem:
1. Setting up C/C++ on my laptop (I've been using my school's Unix server for my C programming this entire time).
And
2. Setting up OpenGL.
The only help I need for now is in setting it up. My prof AND the TA both made Powerpoints covering some basics in the actual programming AND they both had links to tutorials. I think that's plenty of resources in that department.
EDIT: For any still following, I just downloaded CodeBlocks. After all that hassle... I still don't think I have the files I need to start doing something. Ugh. Could anyone help, please? I'm completely new to this.
First of all, my university has taught primarily Java-related courses, and now my courses are all "well, you need to learn C/C++" and evidently this one is no exception. I've done a bit of reading and I'm only somewhat familiar with C (if I pull a tutorial up and start working I can stumble my way through it).
With that said, could someone give me an "idiot's guide for setting up to program in OpenGL"? I've read the official site and I kinda understand that I'm gonna need certain .h and .lib files, but I'm not exactly sure where to go from there. I guess my failure to understand is caused by my thinking in terms of Java, which I seem to understand from class is NOT ideal for this type of programming. So... I guess I'm looking at a two-fold problem:
1. Setting up C/C++ on my laptop (I've been using my school's Unix server for my C programming this entire time).
And
2. Setting up OpenGL.
The only help I need for now is in setting it up. My prof AND the TA both made Powerpoints covering some basics in the actual programming AND they both had links to tutorials. I think that's plenty of resources in that department.
EDIT: For any still following, I just downloaded CodeBlocks. After all that hassle... I still don't think I have the files I need to start doing something. Ugh. Could anyone help, please? I'm completely new to this.