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Vertex Buffer Object 231
/* Read our shaders into the appropriate buffers */
vertexSource = filetobuf("exampleVertexShader.vert");
fragmentSource = filetobuf("exampleFragmentShader.frag");
/* Assign our handles a "name" to new shader objects */
vertexShader = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
fragmentShader = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
/* Associate the source code buffers with each handle */
glShaderSource(vertexShader, 1, (const GLchar**)&vertexSource, 0);
glShaderSource(fragmentShader, 1, (const GLchar**)&fragmentSource, 0);
/* Compile our shader objects */
glCompileShader(vertexShader);
glCompileShader(fragmentShader);
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*-------------------- Create shader program, attach shaders to it and
then link it ---------------------*/
/* Assign our program handle a "name" */
shaderProgram = glCreateProgram();
/* Attach our shaders to our program */
glAttachShader(shaderProgram, vertexShader);
glAttachShader(shaderProgram, fragmentShader);
/* Bind attribute index 0 (shaderAtribute) to in_Position*/
/* "in_Position" will represent "data" array's contents in the vertex
shader */
glBindAttribLocation(shaderProgram, shaderAtribute, "in_Position");
/* Link shader program*/
glLinkProgram(shaderProgram);
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Set shader program as being actively used */
glUseProgram(shaderProgram);
/* Set background colour to BLACK */
glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
/* Clear background with BLACK colour */
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
/* Actually draw the triangle, giving the number of vertices provided
by invoke glDrawArrays
while telling that our data is a triangle and we want to draw 0-3