basic template

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE PROJECT_HEADERS
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/source/*.h
 )
 
+
 # Combine all sources
 set(ALL_SOURCES ${PROJECT_SOURCES} ${LIBRARY_SOURCES})
 
@@ -86,6 +87,23 @@ target_include_directories(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PRIVATE
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libraries
 )
 
+# 1. Find the GLFW library in your lib folder
+find_library(GLFW_LIB NAMES glfw glfw3 PATHS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libraries" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+
+# 2. Link GLFW and the required Apple Frameworks
+if(APPLE)
+    target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PRIVATE
+        ${GLFW_LIB}
+        "-framework Cocoa"
+        "-framework IOKit"
+        "-framework CoreVideo"
+    )
+else()
+    # For Windows/Linux
+    target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PRIVATE ${GLFW_LIB})
+endif()
+
+
 # Compiler-specific flags
 if(MSVC)
     target_compile_options(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PRIVATE

build/build.log

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[ 25%] Creating symlink to compile_commands.json in project root
-[ 50%] Building C object CMakeFiles/test.dir/source/glad.c.o
-[ 75%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/test.dir/source/main.cpp.o
-[ 75%] Built target symlink_compile_commands
-/Users/AfonsoCMSosua/Developer/C++/algorithm_visualizer/source/glad.c:192:79: warning: implicit conversion changes signedness: 'int' to 'GLuint' (aka 'unsigned int') [-Wsign-conversion]
-            const char *gl_str_tmp = (const char*)glGetStringi(GL_EXTENSIONS, index);
-                                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~                ^~~~~
-1 warning generated.
-[100%] Linking CXX executable bin/test
-[100%] Built target test

source/main.cpp

@@ -1,9 +1,52 @@
+#include <glad/glad.h> // Include GLAD before GLFW
+#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
 #include <iostream>
 
-#include <glad/glad.h>
+// Callback to resize the viewport when the window is resized
-#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
+void framebuffer_size_callback(GLFWwindow *window, int width, int height) {
-
+    (void)window; // Unused parameter
-int main()
+	glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
-{
+}
-    return 0;
+
+int main() {
+	// 1. Initialize GLFW
+	glfwInit();
+	glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
+	glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 3);
+	glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
+
+	// 2. Create the Window
+	GLFWwindow *window = glfwCreateWindow(800, 600, "LearnOpenGL", NULL, NULL);
+	if (window == NULL) {
+		std::cout << "Failed to create GLFW window" << std::endl;
+		glfwTerminate();
+		return -1;
+	}
+	glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
+	glfwSetFramebufferSizeCallback(window, framebuffer_size_callback);
+
+	// 3. Initialize GLAD (Load function pointers)
+	if (!gladLoadGLLoader(reinterpret_cast<GLADloadproc>(glfwGetProcAddress))){
+		std::cout << "Failed to initialize GLAD" << std::endl;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	// 4. The Render Loop
+	while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window)) {
+		// Input
+		if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE) == GLFW_PRESS)
+			glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window, true);
+
+		// Rendering commands here
+		glClearColor(0.2f, 0.3f, 0.3f, 1.0f); // Set clear color (Teal)
+		glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);         // Clear the screen
+
+		// Swap buffers and poll IO events
+		glfwSwapBuffers(window);
+		glfwPollEvents();
+	}
+
+	// 5. Clean up
+	glfwTerminate();
+	return 0;
 }