To compile a shader, we'll need a basic example to work with. Let's start with the following simple vertex shader. Save it in a file named basic.vert.glsl:
#version 460in vec3 VertexPosition;
in vec3 VertexColor;
out vec3 Color;
void main()
{
Color = VertexColor;
gl_Position = vec4( VertexPosition, 1.0 );
}
In case you're curious about what this code does, it works as a "pass-through" shader. It takes the VertexPosition and VertexColor input attributes and passes them to the fragment shader via the gl_Position and Color output variables.
Next, we'll need to build a basic shell for an OpenGL program using a Window toolkit that supports OpenGL. Examples of cross-platform toolkits include GLFW, GLUT, FLTK, Qt, and wxWidgets. ...
