Resources: COMPSCI 373 Semester 1, City Campus

The Information on this web page has been last updated on the 6^th March 2013.

• Ray Caster engine skeleton code
• Supplementary documentation Part I
• Supplementary documentation Part II

The latest MS Visual Studio version is installed in the labs. For home use you can use any C/C++ compiler, e.g. the free Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition or g++ under Linux. If you use any other software, please test your assignments in the lab before submission. Also we can't offer support/tutorials for other compilers.

A local copy of the installer can be found here: Blender Installer v2.49b (32 bit Windows 2000/XP/Vista) If you use a different system please download the required version from the blender website.

• OpenCV is installed in the lab. You can find the latest version http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/.

• Microsoft OpenGL/GLU libraries and header files: opengl95.exe
• OpenGL/GLU manual: indexOpenGLManual.html (also available as download GLandGLU_man_pages.zip)
• OpenGL v.1.3 specification: OpenGL_spec_1_3.pdf
• OpenGL Examples (from the OpenGL Programming Guide): Available as .NET solution OpenGL_ExamplesNET.zip, as VS 6.0 workspace OpenGL_ExamplesVS6.zip or as individual source files OpenGL_ExamplesSourceFiles.zip.
• Nate Robin's OpenGL tutorials illustrate important OpenGL concepts (such as transformations, projection and lighting) with example programs

• GLUT libraries and header files (compatible with opengl32 and glu32). Originally written by Mark Kilgard, ported to Win32 (Windows 95,98,Me,NT,2000,XP) by Nate Robins: glut-3_7_6-bin.zip
• GLUT manual (ps-files): indexGLUTManual.html (also available as download GLUT_man_pages.zip)
• GLUT manual: online HTML files at opengl.org web site
• GLUT v.3 specification: glut-3-spec.pdf

• DEC C Language manual (contains all ANSI C constructs and some DEC specific extensions): DEC C Language manual
• ANSI C Standard Library: Available from DEC C documentation or Ross Richardson [and here is an outside reference (apparently there are problems accessing uni resources from outside)]

• Thinking in C++, Copyright (c) 2000, Bruce Eckel (http://www.BruceEckel.com). The following two links are local copies for use in this class only:
  • Volume 1: Contents
  • Volume 2: Contents
• Some notes for Java programmers who are learning C++
• Some notes comparing C++ and Java (mostly for C++ programmers who are learning Java)

OpenCV (see above) - if any other resources are required they will be provided here

LaTeX is a useful tool for writing high quality scientific documents. A good introduction is given here. LaTeX comes included in most (all?) UNIX distributions and various free Windows implementations such as TEXnicCenter are available.