This course covers the essentials of WebGL, including context creation, shaders, 3D rendering, texturing, and lighting. You'll learn how to build interactive 3D graphics and animations, with a focus on practical, hands-on experience.

Course Outline:

1. Introduction to WebGL

1. What is WebGL?
2. First Program in WebGL

2. Basics of Working with WebGL

1. Creating a Context
2. WebGL Pipeline
3. Setting Up the Vertex Buffer and Index Buffer
4. Setting Attributes for the Vertex Buffer
5. Rendering in WebGL
6. gl.TRIANGLES
7. gl.TRIANGLE_STRIP
8. gl.TRIANGLE_FAN
9. Drawing Lines
10. Setting the Viewport

3. Shaders

1. Introduction to Shaders
2. Using Shaders in a Program
3. Basics of GLSL

4. Colors in WebGL

1. Setting Vertex Colors

5. Matrices and Creating 3D

1. First 3D Object
2. Using glMatrix to Create 3D
3. More About Matrices in WebGL
4. Coloring the Cube

6. Animation and User Input

1. Animating Objects: Rotating Cube
2. Handling User Input

7. Texturing

1. Introduction to Texturing
2. Working with Texture Coordinates
3. Setting Up Texturing
4. Texturing 3D Objects
5. Multiple Texturing

8. Lighting

1. Introduction to Lighting
2. Creating a Lit Object Using the Phong Model: Shaders
3. Phong Reflection Model: JavaScript Code
4. Using Materials
5. Lambert Lighting

Why Enroll

Enroll to gain practical skills in 3D graphics and WebGL, empowering you to create interactive, dynamic web applications. Perfect for those looking to dive into web-based 3D graphics and animation.