GLFW 3.3 Is Released

Re:GLFW 3.3 Is Released by kbenson on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:13AM (#19674334)

So, it's sort of like GLUT was? (is?) I only messed around with 3D rendering a little back in the very early 2000's, but from what I remember, GLUT made everything much easier.

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Re:GLFW 3.3 Is Released by skocznymroczny on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:20AM (#19674393)

Yes, it's kind of like GLUT, although it covers fewer functionalities. It focuses only on abstracting the OS specific parts like keyboard/mouse input and window/graphics context creation. GLUT also offered things like rendering fonts, teapots and additional functionalities.

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Re:GLFW 3.3 Is Released by klodolph on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @01:18PM (#19675446)

I would say that any time you are using GLUT for new projects, you really should be using GLFW or LibSDL instead.

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Re:GLFW 3.3 Is Released by electricslpnsld on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:20AM (#19674392)

I mainly see GLFW used as a modern, if somewhat more bare bones (no font rendering, no event loop, etc), variant of GLUT.

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Re:GLFW 3.3 Is Released by Crinus on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:22AM (#19674408)

"is", as long as you consider FreeGLUT as being GLUT.

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