Vulkan-Loader VS GLFW

Take a look at Vulkan Loader Debugging, try running vulkaninfo with set VK_LOADER_DEBUG=all.

probably not given this response from 2021 https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader/issues/536

Every program that needs Vulkan does indeed link against and call something with a well-known, long-time stable ABI. This is normally Vulkan-Loader, which provides libvulkan. For OpenGL, libglvnd is a nearly equivalent library that fulfills largely the same function and provides libGL/libGLES/etc.

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8) include(FetchContent) project(foo LANGUAGES C CXX) # Vulkan FetchContent_Declare( Vulkan-Headers GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git" GIT_TAG "sdk-1.3.216.0" ) FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Vulkan-Headers) FetchContent_Declare( Vulkan-Loader GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader.git" GIT_TAG "sdk-1.3.216.0" ) set(UPDATE_DEPS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "") set(BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "") FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Vulkan-Headers Vulkan-Loader) add_executable(dummy "main.cc") set_target_properties( ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 17 CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF ) target_compile_options( ${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE $<$: /ZI; > ) target_link_libraries( ${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Vulkan::Vulkan )

I'm reading through the official docs before I start a tutorial. The docs mention the loader but not very often. It does link to the loader's docs on github. I've read most of that. I still don't understand if it's an integral part of the API or just a tooling for certain use cases (multiple drivers, complex validation, etc.). I also listened to a webinar about the loader and the speaker claims he is the owner of the loader. That made me even more confused. Can someone please fill me in? Do all Vulkan apps interface with the loader before the driver? Thanks.

It's from here: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader/blob/393e23f91d21ce117c19e8c42e084477c3a25c7c/tests/framework/test_util.h

Not exactly sure, but what you describe seems similar to the issue https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader/issues/776 .

This would be good to read to understand why some of the things are the way they are. https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader/blob/master/docs/LoaderApplicationInterface.md

Minecraft runs on various Javas.

And there's a known issue with an interaction between minecraft, Java, and the video drivers that crashes out and it can be traced back all the way to here: https://github.com/glfw/glfw/issues/1997

It's not fixed.

Window context manager - glfw, sdl

Types of tools for creating a gui (and how those tools approximately work): 1. Utilize the native _graphical interface API_, and depending on the platform, they have specific layers to interface: * Wayland, X11, for Linux * [GDI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/gdi/windows-gdi) for windows * [Quartz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz\_(graphics\_layer)) for macOS Example - GTK uses [wayland](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/blob/main/docs/reference/gdk/wayland.md) ([source code](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/tree/main/gdk/win32)) [X11](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/blob/main/docs/reference/gdk/x11.md) ([source code](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/tree/main/gdk/x11)) GDI ([source code](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/tree/main/gdk/win32)) Quartz ([source code](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/tree/main/gdk/macos)) [How to use wayland display server](https://bugaevc.gitbooks.io/writing-wayland-clients/content/black-square/the-wayland-client-library.html) (TODO missing "animation" section) 2. Utilize opengl _or other low level graphics api's_ with window context, use GPU to render widgets * Window context manager - [glfw](https://github.com/glfw/glfw), [sdl](https://www.libsdl.org/) * contexts and surfaces, reading input, handling events Example: ImGui, NanoVG, Nuklear, raylib Why? Mainly used for game development, but also good for gui's. _(i haven't seen any examples that uses this method that are used for developing general-use graphical user interfaces.)_

GLFW: A library for window creation and managing user input.

Not SDL2, but GLFW has something like that under the tests/ directory:

https://github.com/glfw/glfw/blob/master/tests/triangle-vulk...

I'm not familiar with LWJGL, my 5 seconds on their website makes me think you might be looking for something like GLFW https://www.glfw.org/ to handle I/O and window creation/management.

Consider GLFW3 for windowing and GLAD for function loading. I've used this combination myself successfully. Granted, that is "two things" you need, but OTOH it'll work well.

There is a pattern to it which is usable with every GitHub repository. For example, GLFW v3.3.8 can be fetched from: https://github.com/glfw/glfw/archive/refs/tags/3.3.8.tar.gz

That is a static or import library for glfw. You need add the path to the directory where this file is located to the "library directories", see: https://www.learncpp.com/cpp-tutorial/a2-using-libraries-with-visual-studio-2005-express/