   Setting Up OpenGL 3.0
  I just bought the newly published book "Beginning OpenGL Game Programming Second Edition" and would like to step through the programs and make a few of my own.  What I'm not understanding though is where can I find the OpenGL 3.0 API?  I've been looking around and can't seem to find it.  Maybe I'm not fully understanding how it is obtained.  I read some posts on the opengl.org that says the API is included with compilers??  Can anyone help me out?Thanks!   
  Does this help:http://www.opengl.org/documentation/specs/;Quote:Original post by RunicodeI just bought the newly published book "Beginning OpenGL Game Programming Second Edition" and would like to step through the programs and make a few of my own.  What I'm not understanding though is where can I find the OpenGL 3.0 API?  I've been looking around and can't seem to find it.  Maybe I'm not fully understanding how it is obtained.  I read some posts on the opengl.org that says the API is included with compilers??  Can anyone help me out?Thanks!I assume you're using Visual Studio Express and if not then you should be. But yeah, it includes everything necessary. You just need to link against the libraries. See Getting Started.   ;  "I assume you're using Visual Studio Express and if not then you should be. But yeah, it includes everything necessary. You just need to link against the libraries. See Getting Started."I am using Visual C++ Express 2008.  When you say it includes everything are you referring to the actual header files?  Because I can't seem to find them to link to them.  I was under the assumption I needed to download them similar to SDL.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.   ;  Did you read section "2.060 What do I need to compile and run OpenGL programs?" at the url that wild_pointer sent to you?   ;  The OpenGL header should be under your windows SDK in a subfolder gl.  You also need to link the app to the opengl static libs which also come with the sdk.  If you don't have the Windows SDK not sure if it comes with express 2008 you can download it from microsofts website.   