The course syllabus is current as of July 30, 2008.

Your GTA, Shaimaa Lazem, Email:

Class Listserv (CS4984_97649@listserv.vt.edu)

Course Software

• Java SE JDK 6 Update 7 Download
  
• Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
  
• Java OpenGL Bindings JSR-231 1.1.1
  
• 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
  

Examples (see Blackboard)

Optional Software

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

Local Pages

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

Assignments

• Assignment 4 due October 27, 2008
• Assignment 5 due November 3, 2008
• Assignment 6 due November 12, 2008

Projects

• Project due December 10, 2008

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