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libpolo

libpolo is a lightweight graphics, sound and network library for educational environments.

It is aimed towards students learning the C and C++ language, and is very suitable for high school and first-year university courses. Its functionality is built around the GLUT library, providing a streamlined interface and full access to OpenGL. A feature list:

• 2D primitives (point, line, rect, quad, triangle, circle and a rounded rect)
• pen stroke and solid/gradient/texture fill for all primitives
• texture uploading from BMP files (RGB, RGBA formats)
• simple mouse and keyboard handling
• RGB and HSV color spaces

The network module supports unlimited TCP/IP connections, both in client and server mode.

The sound module is capable of playing back WAV, AIFF and OGG files.

It is cross-platform, and works under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

It is very easy to integrate in a project. Just add polo.c and polo.h in your project, and link with the GLUT library.

For libpolonet, add polonet.c and polonet.h. For libpolosnd, add polosnd.c and polosnd.h.

Help & Discussion

You can go to the libpolo group for help!

Screenshots

A screenshot of the mouse painter demo:

A screenshot of the OpenGL demo: