// draw a triangle using WebGL

// write everything out, step at a time

//

// written by gleicher on October 3, 2015

​

function start() {

  "use strict";

​

  // first we need to get the canvas and make an OpenGL context

    // in practice, you need to do error checking

  var canvas = document.getElementById("mycanvas");

    var gl = canvas.getContext("webgl");

​

  // now we have to program the hardware

  // we need to have our GLSL code somewhere

  // putting it in strings is bad - but it's easy so I'll

  // do it for now

  var vertexSource = ""+

    "attribute vec3 pos;" +

    "void main(void) {" + 

    "  gl_Position = vec4(pos, 1.0);" +

    "}";

  var fragmentSource = "" +

    "void main(void) {" +

    "  gl_FragColor = vec4(1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0);" +

    "}";

  // now we need to make those programs into

  // "Shader Objects" - by running the compiler

  // watch the steps:

  //   create an object

  //   attach the source code

  //   run the compiler

  //   check for errors

  // first compile the vertex shader

  var vertexShader = gl.createShader(gl.VERTEX_SHADER);

  gl.shaderSource(vertexShader,vertexSource);

  gl.compileShader(vertexShader);

  if (!gl.getShaderParameter(vertexShader, gl.COMPILE_STATUS)) {

          alert(gl.getShaderInfoLog(vertexShader));

          return null;

      }

  // now compile the fragment shader

  var fragmentShader = gl.createShader(gl.FRAGMENT_SHADER);

  gl.shaderSource(fragmentShader,fragmentSource);

  gl.compileShader(fragmentShader);

  if (!gl.getShaderParameter(fragmentShader, gl.COMPILE_STATUS)) {

          alert(gl.getShaderInfoLog(fragmentShader));

          return null;

      }

​

  // OK, we have a pair of shaders, we need to put them together

  // into a "shader program" object

  var shaderProgram = gl.createProgram();

  gl.attachShader(shaderProgram, vertexShader);

  gl.attachShader(shaderProgram, fragmentShader);

  gl.linkProgram(shaderProgram);

​

  if (!gl.getProgramParameter(shaderProgram, gl.LINK_STATUS)) {

    alert("Could not initialise shaders");

  }

​

  // with the vertex shader, we need to pass it positions

  // as an attribute - so set up that communication

    shaderProgram.vertexPositionAttribute = gl.getAttribLocation(shaderProgram, "pos");

    gl.enableVertexAttribArray(shaderProgram.vertexPositionAttribute);

​

  // now that we have programs to run on the hardware, we can 

  // make our triangle

​

  // let's define the vertex positions

  var vertexPos = [

         0.0,  1.0,  0.0,

        -1.0, -1.0,  0.0,

         1.0, -1.0,  0.0

   ];  

  // we need to put the vertices into a buffer so we can

  // block transfer them to the graphics hardware

    var trianglePosBuffer = gl.createBuffer();

    gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, trianglePosBuffer);

  gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, new Float32Array(vertexPos), gl.STATIC_DRAW);

    trianglePosBuffer.itemSize = 3;

    trianglePosBuffer.numItems = 3;

​

​

  // this is the "draw scene" function, but since this 

  // is execute once...

    // first, let's clear the screen

  gl.clearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);

  gl.enable(gl.DEPTH_TEST);

    gl.clear(gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | gl.DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

​

  // now we draw the triangle

  // we tell GL what program to use, and what memory block

  // to use for the data, and that the data goes to the pos

  // attribute

  gl.useProgram(shaderProgram);     

  gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, trianglePosBuffer);

  gl.vertexAttribPointer(shaderProgram.vertexPositionAttribute, trianglePosBuffer.itemSize, gl.FLOAT, false, 0, 0);

  gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLES, 0, 3);

}