OpenGL Data Visualization Cookbook

Creating your first OpenGL application with GLFW

Now that you have successfully configured your development platform and installed the GLFW library, we will provide a tutorial on how to create your first OpenGL-based application.

Getting ready

At this point, you should already have all the pre requisite tools ready regardless of which operating system you may have, so we will immediately jump into building your first OpenGL application using these tools.

How to do it...

The following code outlines the basic steps to create a simple OpenGL program that utilizes the GLFW library and draws a rotating triangle:

1. Create an empty file, and then include the header file for the GLFW library and standard C++ libraries:

   #include <GLFW/glfw3.h> #include <stdlib.h> ...