NGL
The NCCA Graphics Library (by NCCA)
NCCABoilerplate
A set of Boilerplate projects for most of the work we do (by NCCA)
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| 13 | 1 | |
| 87 | 0 | |
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| 8.1 | 7.6 | |
| 15 days ago | 7 months ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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NGL
Posts with mentions or reviews of NGL.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.
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Understanding OpenGL setup & compilation on Windows
I have a number of instructions on my Github pages here https://github.com/NCCA/NGL/blob/main/Windows.md whilst aimed at my own library the first part about installing Visual Studio and the basic setup will help.
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How objects lifetime should be managed by library?
code here https://github.com/NCCA/NGL
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How to deal with MSVC in DevOps
My Windows build is here https://github.com/NCCA/NGL/blob/main/.github/workflows/windows.yml I use vcpkg for installing 3rd party libs and the msvc-dev command from here https://github.com/ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd
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I have spent two whole work days trying to install GLEW
Also I have just done an experimental version of my code that uses WSL2 (which supports graphics). You could try that. https://github.com/NCCA/NGL/blob/NewShaderLib/WSL.md
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An OpenGL Renderer
I also have a ShaderLib class that does similar stuff keeping everything in a static map (used to be a singleton class). Been using it for teaching for a number of years you can see it here https://github.com/NCCA/NGL
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4 hours of my .obj parser so far ðŸ˜
There are loads of edge cases and gotcha's as well. I have a full(ish) parser here with unit tests if it helps. (Note I use pystring to do the string processing). https://github.com/NCCA/NGL/blob/main/src/Obj.cpp unit tests here https://github.com/NCCA/NGL/blob/main/tests/ObjTests.cpp. May give you some ideas.
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C++ library management absolutely sucks!
I use glfw in a number of projects here are my instructions for building my library https://github.com/NCCA/NGL/blob/main/Windows.md You should be able to use the bits you need from here to setup vcpkg etc. I suggest using the free Visual Studio community edition and installing most of the tools you need from there. After that install vcpkg and setup the paths required. (see my notes).
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I am 13 I think I'm finished learning intermediate C++ whats next?
The one I use in my teaching is here. https://github.com/NCCA/NGL it also includes Math / Vec class which you may not need if you use something like GLM. Also this uses TDD so get into writing unit tests as part of it.
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Smart pointers question
typically I just have classes with static factory methods to keep things together, usually with a std::unordered_map s_things; so I can create by name. This is an example for an OpenGL Vertex Array Object https://github.com/NCCA/NGL/blob/master/include/ngl/VAOFactory.h
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GLFW Creating a VAO/VBO Class
I have several using a Factory design pattern here https://github.com/NCCA/NGL Checkout https://github.com/NCCA/NGL/blob/master/include/ngl/AbstractVAO.h for the basic structure, then I have different versions depending upon context and usage.
NCCABoilerplate
Posts with mentions or reviews of NCCABoilerplate.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-06.
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How to deal with MSVC in DevOps
Been working well, recently setup another set of boiler plate code for Mac, Windows and Linux here as well https://github.com/NCCA/NCCABoilerplate/tree/main/.github/workflows
What are some alternatives?
When comparing NGL and NCCABoilerplate you can also consider the following projects:
tinyrenderer - A brief computer graphics / rendering course
msvc-dev-cmd - GitHub Action to setup Developer Command Prompt for Microsoft Visual C++
RayTracer - A ray tracing program
msvc-wine - Scripts for setting up and running MSVC in Wine on Linux
act - Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀
GLFW-CMake-starter - Use CMake to create a project with GLFW - Multi-platform Windows, Linux and MacOS.
llvm-project - The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.
opengl_renderer
setup-build2-github-action - Set up your GitHub Actions workflow with a specific version of build2.
ninja - a small build system with a focus on speed