Add ModernGL

Created by: szabolcsdombi

What is this Python project?

ModernGL is a python3 module that encapsulates OpenGL in a pythonic way

• ModernGL on PyPI
• Documentation
• Examples
• Changelog

Features:

• Full linting support - (using vscode and pylint)
• Create GLSL shaders with only a few lines of code
• Create framebuffers and validate them with a single call
• Access cool OpenGL features by writing clean and self-explaining code
• vscode snippets for fast prototyping
• Render to pillow image - (no window required)

What's the difference between this Python project and similar ones?

ModernGL - PyOpenGL

Pros

• Same quality and performance with less code written
• Readable code and no ctypes required
• Rendering without a window
• Fully linted

Cons

• One can mix ModernGL and PyOpenGL so there are no drawbacks.

Example

Using PyOpenGL

vbo1 = glGenBuffers(1)
GL.glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo1)
GL.glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, b'Hello World!', GL_STATIC_DRAW)

vbo2 = glGenBuffers(1)
GL.glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo2)
GL.glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, b'\x00' * 1024, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW)

Using ModernGL

vbo1 = ctx.buffer(b'Hello World!')
vbo2 = ctx.buffer(reserve=1024, dynamic=True)

Some cool features

# Read the content
>>> vbo1.read()
b'Hello World!'

# Copy between buffers
>>> ctx.copy_buffer(vbo2, vbo1)

>>> vbo2.read(5)
b'Hello'

# Buffer re-specification
>>> vbo2.orphan()
>>> vbo2.write(b'Some other data')

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