The course syllabus is current as of August 23, 2009.

Your GTA, Patrick Fiaux, Email:

Class Listserv (CS4984_97523@listserv.vt.edu)

Course Software

• Java SE JDK 6 Update 16 (includes JRE)
  
• Java SE 6 Documentation
  
• Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (Version 3.5.0)
  
• Java OpenGL Bindings JSR-231 1.1.1a
  
• NetBeans 6.71
  
• NetBeans OpenGL Plugin
  
• Java-NetBeans Installation Notes
  
• Optional Eclipse Installation Notes
  

Reference Pages

• OpenGL Documentation Sources
  
• OpenGL Redbook (Version 1.1)
  
• OpenGL Bluebook (Version 1.0)
  
• OpenGL gl_ and glu_ function documentation
  
• GLUT Programming Interface API, Version 3
  
• Java SE Platform
  
• Java SE 6 API Specification
  
• Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing
  
• Java Swing Tutorial
  
• OpenGL and Eclipse 1 - An Introduction with a simple view
  
• OpenGL and Eclipse 2 - A more complex view for a series of examples
  
• TextRender3D - A class that renders tue 3D text
  
• Applications Programming in Smalltalk-80: How to use Model-View-Controller (MVC)
  
• Dan Sunday's Geometry Algorithms
  
• Last Semester's Midterm
  
• Gracanin's HW2 solution example
  
• JOGL example, including images
  

Examples (see Scholar)

Optional Software

• OpenGL Utility Toolkit 3.7.6 (Nate Robins)
  
• GLUI C++ User Interface Library
  

Local Pages

• OpenGL Function Calls
  
• glu Function Calls
  
• glut Function Calls
  
• Swing Events, Listeners, and Methods
  

Assignments

• Homework 1 due September 6, 2009
• Homework 2 due September 29, 2009
• Homework 3 due October 15, 2009
• Homework 4 due October 28, 2009
• Homework 5 due November 16, 2009
• Homework 6 due December 7, 2009

Projects

• Midterm Project due October 20, 2009
• Final Project due December 9, 2009

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