GRASS RENDERING in OpenGL // Code Review

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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Rendering lots of grass in OpenGL
2:55 - Diving into the code
10:12 - Instantiating objects in C++ vs C#/Java
11:35 - Shader class
12:12 - Variable naming conventions
13:25 - Initializing variables
15:03 - Some notes on strings
15:30 - Pass larger types by const reference
16:45 - Using correct types
17:48 - Strings in C++ and std::string_view
20:48 - .obj format
22:38 - Grass mesh
23:44 - Rendering meshes
24:24 - General notes and C++ code style
25:35 - Grass rendering and shaders
26:32 - Handling a time variable for shaders
27:14 - Storage buffers in OpenGL
28:25 - Reduce complexity in hot code paths
29:00 - How grass is actually rendered
29:50 - Grass vertex shader
32:11 - Use mat3 instead of mat4
33:13 - Reduce vertex shader complexity
34:22 - Don't reallocate GPU buffers
35:28 - Inspecting rendering using Nvidia Nsight
37:13 - Set buffer data instead of reallocating
39:36 - Grass fragment shader + improvements
41:46 - Adding variance to grass blade color

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