This project is a simple C++ project for creating an empty OpenGL 3 window on OSX.
First, you'll want to install Homebrew. This will make it a cinch to install the necessary dependencies to build the project.
Open up a Terminal and run,
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"This will install Homebrew onto your Mac.
Next, we need to install the project dependencies. You'll want both glfw and glm.
brew install glfw glmWe also use cmake to simplify the build process, so install that too.
brew install cmakeOpen up the root direcotry in VSCode. If you don't have the CMake Tools extension installed, install that now.
Hit cmd+shift+p and select "CMake: Configure". You'll have to do this any time you change your CMake project setup (add a file, change a library, etc). This should create a build/ directory with your actual Makefile in it.
If you are seeing squiggly lines in VSCode complaining that it can't find the GLFW headers, you'll need to add the header paths to your intellisense settings.
Open up C/C++ Configurations and scroll down to "Include path". You'll need to add an entry to this box (one per line) for each external library you want to include.
To find the include path, in your terminal type,
brew info glfwYou should see something like this,
==> glfw: stable 3.3.8 (bottled), HEAD
Multi-platform library for OpenGL applications
https://www.glfw.org/
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/glfw/3.3.8 (14 files, 490.4KB) *
Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2023-05-07 at 16:17:35
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/glfw.rb
License: Zlib
==> Dependencies
Build: cmake ✔
==> Options
--HEAD
Install HEAD version
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build-error: 0 (30 days)
Notice the path there, /opt/homebrew/Cellar/glfw/3.3.8. That's the location on your computer where the library is actually stored. Back in the "Include path" box in VS Code, add the path followed by /include. So in this case, /opt/homebrew/Cellar/glfw/3.3.8/include.
You'll want to do this same thing for the glm library as well.
To build your project, type cmd+shift+p and select "CMake: Build". If everything goes well, you'll have an opengl-template executable file in your build/bin/ directory.