CS 320 Course Materials
Spring 2013

General

• Syllabus.
• Spring 2011 materials.
• OpenGL development environment for Windows. See eclipseOpenGL.zip (260 MB download).

Reading Assignments

• Week 1:
  Jan. 30: Chapter 1.
  Feb . 1: 2.1--2.5.
• Week 2:
  Feb. 4: Read Lab 1 handout and watch the lab's how-to screencast (see the links below).
  Feb. 6: 2.6--2.12.
• Week 5
  Feb. 25: 3.1, Appendices B and C.
  Mar. 1: Read collision.cpp.
• Week 6
  Mar. 4: 3.2--3.5.
  Mar. 6: 3.6--3.9.
• Week 8
  Mar. 29: 3.10--3.12.
• Week 9
  Apr. 3: 4.1--4.5.
  Apr. 5: 4.6--4.7.
• Week 11
  Apr. 15: 5.1--5.3.
  
• Week 12
  Apr. 22: 5.4--5.6.
  Apr. 24: 5.7--5.9.

Assignments

• Assignment 1, due Feb. 4.
• Assignment 2, due Feb. 13.
• Assignment 3, due Feb. 22.
• Assignment 4, due Mar. 11.
• Assignment 5, due Apr. 5.
• Assignment 6, due Apr. 29.

Projects

• Project 0, due Feb. 20 at noon. project0.zip
• Project 1, due Mar. 8 at noon.
• Project 2, due Mar. 29 at noon. project2.zip, poolData.txt.
• Project 3, due Apr. 10 at noon.
• Project 4, due Apr. 19 at noon.
• Final project, due May 13 at noon and demoed May 13 at 3:00 pm. Final Project Tasks, finalProject.zip.

Meeting Outlines

• Week 1:
  Jan. 30.
  Feb. 1. append_example2.cpp, Angel.h, vshader_a2.glsl, fshader_a2.glsl.
• Week 2:
  Feb. 4: Lab 1, sierpinski.zip, Creating an OpenGL Project in Eclipse How-to.
  Feb. 6: Lab 2, lab02.zip, commonFiles.zip, example2.pdf.
• Week 3:
  Feb. 11: Lab 3, lab03.zip, paint.cpp.
  Feb. 15: Project 0.
• Week 4:
  Feb. 18: Finish Lab 3.
  Feb. 20: Feb. 20. collision.zip (IMPORTANT NOTE: The mat.h file we've used to date contains bugs. The mat.h file in this archive fixes those bugs. Use the contained mat.h file for this program and all future programs.), collision.cpp, GLSL shaders for collision.cpp.
  Feb. 22: Feb. 22.
• Week 5:
  Feb. 25: Feb. 25.
  Mar. 1: Mar. 1.
• Week 6:
  Mar. 4: Mar. 4. double.zip, pong.zip, double.cpp, pong.cpp, vshader.glsl, fshader.glsl.
  Mar. 6: Class canceled.
  Mar. 8: Discussion of Project 2.
• Week 7:
  Mar. 11: Review for Exam 1.
  Mar. 13: Exam 1, covering Chapters 1, 2, Section 3.1, and Appendices B and C.
  Mar. 15: Project 2.
• Week 8:
  Mar. 25.
  Mar. 27: Project 2 day.
  Mar. 29: Class canceled.
• Week 9:
  Apr. 1. colorCube.zip, cubeFaces.zip.
  Apr. 3. cubeview.zip.
  Apr. 5: PDF. HTML. roomViewLab.zip.
• Week 10:
  Apr. 8: Project 3 day.
  Apr. 10: RoomView lab day.
  Apr. 12: Class canceled.
• Week 11:
  Apr. 15: PDF, HTML.
  Apr. 17: Project 4 day.
  Apr. 19: Project 4 day.
• Week 12:
  Apr. 22: PDF, HTML.
  Apr. 24: Project 4 day.
• Week 13:
  Apr. 29: Review for Exam 2.
  May 1: Exam 2.

Class Materials

Online Computer Graphics Resources

• www.opengl.org.
• OpenGL documentation.
• OpenGL 3.3 Reference Pages.
• OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) Reference Pages.
• The OpenGL 3.2 Quick Reference Guide (including GLSL 1.50), PDF.
• freeglut 2.0.0 API Documentation.
• The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW).
• ACM SIGGRAPH Online!

C++ Resources

• Moving from Java to C++.
• C and C++ for Java Programmers.
• Java to C++ Tutorial.
• The C++ Resource Network.
• The C++ Language Tutorial.
• C++ Quick Reference.
• Thinking in C++ (Have a look at the ZIP/PDF links for Volumes 1 and 2).