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Re: Which version(s) of OpenGL does JOGL use and how does it work exactly? (Profiles)

Posted by Sven Gothel on Jul 14, 2011; 9:27am
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Which-version-s-of-OpenGL-does-JOGL-use-and-how-does-it-work-exactly-Profiles-tp3160603p3168600.html

On Thursday, July 14, 2011 04:16:38 AM s3a [via jogamp] wrote:

>
> gouessej: I like prepackaged versions since I do not have to worry about
> their versioning and updates and in Debian there are security updates.
>
> Demoscene Passivist: Thanks.
>
> Sven Gothel: I still want to use JOGL 1.1.1 but I am now learning it in such
> a way that I will learn OpenGL 2.0 (and 2.1?) BUT only the features that are
> not deprecated. I'm really happy that you told me Mesa is reaching 3.0
> compatibility because I was trying to find out. Thanks also for the bunch of
> links. The if(isGL3 ... ) stuff was also something I liked to see :). It
> seems to me I can only get the code through git which sucks for me because
> I'm not even in University yet and I am kind of going through a
> "Frankenstein education" since I'm learning this on my own just because I
> feel like it. I suppose I'm going to have to read on git. I should learn it
> anyway (and I will soon-ish) since I'm going into Software Engineering (that
> and I also want to learn it because I like computer stuff in general) but
> for the immediate present, are there any JOGL rc2 builds for Windows?

On the jogamp.org web page, there is a ling to RC2 buils, i.e. ZIP:
    http://jogamp.org/deployment/webstart/archive/

You would need gluegen and jogl, maybe the demos ..
  http://jogamp.org/deployment/webstart/archive/gluegen-2.0-b20-20110302-windows-amd64.7z
  http://jogamp.org/deployment/webstart/archive/jogl-2.0-b23-20110303-windows-amd64.7z
  etc

(source code is avail there as well, etc)

http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Jogamp_Versioning_and_Releases


> I
> basically want to make sure that my JOGL 1.1.1 syntax is non-deprecated so
> that what I learn is also future-proof.
Use JOGL2.* ..

>
> P.S.
> I found a book and it seems that I can learn the most-frequently used git
> commands pretty quickly so I'll do it soon-ish like I said above.

Sure, would be best IMHO, especially if you intend to contribute or/and want to use
our latest stuff.

http://jogamp.org/jogl/doc/HowToBuild.html

~Sven