Question

I normally program on Windows, but I got a macbook pro from my school, so I’m trying to make an OpenGL app for OSX. I downloaded and installed XCode, but I have no clue how to get a simple OpenGL app going. I would prefer not to use Objective-C, but I definitely don’t want to use GLUT. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

The biggest difference between OpenGL on OS X compared to pretty much everything else is the location of the header files. On OS X:

#include <OpenGL/gl.h>
#include <OpenGL/glu.h>
#include <GLUT/glut.h>

If you want to stay away from Objective-C/Cocoa and GLUT you can try SDL which is a cross platform gaming library (windows, 2D graphics, sound, input, etc.).

Edit: forgot about the compiler flags, which mipadi posted, namely:

-framework OpenGL