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Getting Started OpenGL development setup Loading OpenGL functions Tools to do this automatically Additional useful development tools

FAQs FAQ Common mistakes Common legacy mistakes Common GLSL mistakes

OpenGL Reference OpenGL 4.6 function reference GLSL 4.6 function reference.

OpenGL Objects Buffer Objects Vertex Buffer Objects Uniform Buffer Objects Shader Storage Buffer Objects Pixel Buffer Objects Vertex Array Objects Textures Texture Storage Image formats Sampler Objects Cubemap Textures Array Textures Texture Views Asynchronous query objects Framebuffer Objects Default Framebuffer Renderbuffer Objects Unconventional objects: Sync Objects Shader and program objects

Rendering pipeline Vertex Specification Vertex Rendering Primitive Vertex Processing Vertex Shader Tessellation Geometry Shader Vertex Post-Processing Transform Feedback Primitive Assembly Face Culling Rasterization Fragment Shader Per-Sample Processing Depth Test Blending

OpenGL Shading Language Shader Objects Compilation Introspection The core language Variable types Type qualifiers Layout qualifiers Uniform variables Sampler variables Built-in variables Interface blocks SPIR-V Shader stages: Vertex Shader Tessellation Tess Control Shader Tess Evaluation Shader Geometry Shader Fragment Shader Compute Shader Other shading languages

OpenGL Concepts OpenGL Context Types of contexts Synchronization The OpenGL Specification OpenGL Architectural Review Board The OpenGL Shading Language OpenGL Extension Legacy OpenGL History of OpenGL History of Programmability

Other useful information Useful 3D algorithms Platform-specific issues Hardware-specific issues Glossary