Is there a C IDE with integrated OpenGL?

[Game_boy]

I'm interested in learning C so I can possible eventually contribute to the Linux community and application base (I'm 15). Is there an IDE that has the standard library and OpenGL easy to use within it, and compiles for Linux using GCC and possibly Windows ("Compiles for" means "binaries that run on")? Your start guide only gives one suggestion and I assume it's not the most accessible. Thanks.

[LaRoza]

I'm interested in learning C so I can possible eventually contribute to the Linux community and application base (I'm 15). Is there a simple, graphical IDE that has the standard library and OpenGL easy to use within it, and compiles for Linux and preferably Windows? Your start guide only gives one suggestion and I assume it's not the most accessible. Thanks.

Your question is slightly confusing. You say you are interested in learning C, what other programming languages do you know?

All IDE's are graphical, and none are simple. There is a sticky in this forum about IDE's.

An IDE is not a compiler.


To get the programming tools:

sudo aptitude install build-essential

"...and compiles for Linux and preferably Windows?", what does this mean?

[crislosi]

Hi, I don't know any IDE integrating OpenGL but I've compiled my own programs writng in C++ with OpenGL with Eclipse, Qt3 and Anjuta ides.
I can't explain about this because my english is very poor and the explanation is very long and very technical.
I've made a videotutorial about this using easyeclipse but this is in spanish, sorry and the quality is very poor.The link is

Link Video

Greetings

[LaRoza]

Hi, I don't know any IDE integrating OpenGL but I've compiled my own programs writng in C++ with OpenGL with Eclipse, Qt3 and Anjuta ides.
I can't explain about this because my english is very poor and the explanation is very long and very technical.
I've made a videotutorial about this using easyeclipse but this is in spanish, sorry and the quality is very poor.The link is

Link Video

Greetings

Your english is better than my Spanish.

[Game_boy]

Let me restate.

I want an C IDE where I can use OpenGL functions just as easily as C ones. I want it not simple, but powerful enough so I don't need to edit config files or use a terminal. I want it to automatically use GCC to complie to Linux too.

So what you're basically saying is that C is completely inaccessible to anyone who hasn't already learnt it. Well, thanks anyway.

[LaRoza]

Let me restate.

I want an C IDE where I can use OpenGL functions just as easily as C ones. I want it not simple, but powerful enough so I don't need to edit config files or use a terminal. I want it to automatically use GCC to complie to Linux too.

Sorry, I don't use IDE's. Compiling with the terminal is not difficult, and if your program is command line, it is easier, and faster.

So what you're basically saying is that C is completely inaccessible to anyone who hasn't already learnt it. Well, thanks anyway.

No, you can learn C. But starting out with C and OpenGL is a lofty goal. Check out my sig for learning how to program.

If you are just starting out, which it seems like, you should consider learning Python. It is easy to learn, it is powerful, it is easy to make GUI's with it, and it is completely portable between Windows and Linux. (You also don't need to compile)

Check out my wiki and good luck!

[Game_boy]

Actually I do use a sort of interpreted (but slow and DirectX dependent) language that has built-in everything - debug, forced OOP, fast and automated compilation to executable, huge standard library.

The problem is it's not free software, it's 100 times slower than C and again, it only runs on Windows.

But I do have a grasp of what programming is about from it, so "Learning to Program" is not an issue with me.

Is there no such thing as an IDE which natively does OpenGL? Say I wanted to make Pong with it - what would be the fastest and/or easiest way?

[LaRoza]

Actually I do use a sort of interpreted (but slow and DirectX dependent) language that has built-in everything - debug, forced OOP, fast and automated compilation to executable, huge standard library.

Is there no such thing as an IDE which natively does OpenGL? Say I wanted to make Pong with it - what would be the fastest and/or easiest way?

What is Pong?

[Game_boy]

It's the most basic (but graphical) 2D game I could think of. Two bats, one ball. First to 10 points wins. Repeat.

[LaRoza]

Just found Pong on Wikipedia, if you have no experience with GUI programming, that will be difficult. You would want to use C/C++, but you would probably want to build up experience with GUI programming with a simpler language like Python and one of its GUI modules.

I am not into GUI programming, so I can't make any recommendations.

What is this language you know?