JanRenderer (WIP)

Rendering engine built with Vulkan written in C++17 and Zig.

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Features

• Rendering engine built with Vulkan
• Written in C++17 and Zig
• Using Depth buffer
• Generate Mipmaps
• MSAA (MultiSampling Anti-Aliasing) support
• Compute Shader

Getting Started

1. Link the JanRenderer, zglfw, zgui library (see this).
2. Import JanRenderer.zig. (see this).

Build

1. First, install vcpkg and run 'vcpkg install'.
2. Build using zig's build system in Visual Studio Code (Check detailed build steps with zig build -h).
3. Executable program and Library files are created.

Shortcuts (for Vscode users)

• build: Ctrl+Shift+B
• debug: F5
• run: Ctrl+F5

Vscode extensions

1. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ziglang.vscode-zig
2. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools
3. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=llvm-vs-code-extensions.lldb-dap

Libraries

Install the library via vcpkg or zig's build system (see build.zig, build.zig.zon).

Namings

1. Variables: camelCase
2. Functions: camelCase
3. Types (including objects, structs, enums, typedefs, etc): PascalCase
4. Enums: PascalCase
5. Views (texts displayed in GUI): Title Case
6. ViewModels: PascalCase
7. Initials: UPPERCASE

Dependencies

Vcpkg

• volk
• cglm
• stb
• tinyobjloader
• VulkanMemoryAllocator

Zig build system

• zmath
• zglfw
• zgui