alt Hacker NewsGLES isn't a bad way to teach graphics but I wish there was a middle ground between it and VK.
The worst part of GL is the mysterious global state you will never understand without studying the spec. The world could use an API that's basically GL but without global hidden singleton (per thread!) BS behind the scenes.
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minraws • today at 7:05 AM
That middle ground is often called DirectX 11 but sadly it's stuck to a specific platform.
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> but I wish there was a middle ground between it and VK
There's WebGPU (probably the best option for teaching), D3D11 and Metal.
And (shameless plug): sokol-gfx tries to find a balance between simplicity and modern 3D APIs:
https://github.com/floooh/sokol
Demos with links to C source and shader code:
WebGL2 backend: https://floooh.github.io/sokol-html5/
WebGPU backend (has a couple more demos which use features not available on GLES3.0/WebGL2, like compute shaders): https://floooh.github.io/sokol-webgpu/