So I’ve decided to use Visual Studio 2008 (C++) on windows 7 for my 455 (Computer Graphics) class. Getting everything configured was quite painful, and took quite a bit of research. I think the results will be quite nice once I get everything going.

OpenGL configuration

Getting OpenGL working in visual studio isn’t that bad, if you have some good instructions, or if you know your way around VS pretty good. I didn’t so I started online. I found this page pretty fast and it worked out the first time. He’s even got a sample file to get you started.

Installing Boost in Visual Studio 2008

I downloaded Boost, and started here. Basically if you follow their instructions closely it will probably work out great for you. I ran into problems because I didn’t know my way around Visual Studio very well. On step 6.1, you can choose to include boost for your project, or you can include it for any project you compile from now on. I chose the latter… The only difference is instead of going to your project prefrences, you go to tools->options->projects and solutions->vc++ directories->select library files in the dropdown menu->insert your path to boost\libs. Now you can use boost in your project…