Chapter 21. High-Level Shading: The Real Slim Shader

by Benjamin Lipchak

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER:

How To

Functions You'll Use

Create shader/program objects

glCreateShaderObjectARB/glCreateProgramObjectARB

Specify shaders and compile

glShaderSourceARB/glCompileShaderARB

Attach/detach shaders and link

glAttachObjectARB/glDetachObjectARB/glLinkProgramARB

Switch between programs

glUseProgramObjectARB

Specify a uniform

glUniform*ARB

Get error and warning information

glGetInfoLogARB

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