title: How can I set up freeGLUT and GLEW for use in Visual Studio 2013?
body: <p>I want to be able to set up my computer and visual studio 2013 so I can use freGLUT and GLEW in my applications. I am new to OpenGL and have tried to follow the directions found here</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://openglbook.com/setting-up-opengl-glew-and-freeglut-in-visual-c/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://openglbook.com/setting-up-opengl-glew-and-freeglut-in-visual-c/</a></p>
  
  <p>I also went through the instructions here because the first set did not allow visual studios to see the files</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.cs.uregina.ca/Links/class-info/315/WWW/Lab1/GLUT/windows.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.cs.uregina.ca/Links/class-info/315/WWW/Lab1/GLUT/windows.html</a></p>
  
  <p>I was able to get the test program from chapter 1 of the openglbook to run but in general I didn't fully understand a lot of the setup. Is there a simpler way to setup GLUT and GLEW for a newbie like me I would like to program with c++ and visual studios. Also did I need to do a lot of the property changes in the openglbook tutorial?</p>
  
  <p>Update</p>
  
  <p>For anyone else using the same book as me some of the source code can be found here </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.opengl-redbook.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.opengl-redbook.com/</a></p>
  
  <p>book OpenGL Programming Guid The official guide to learning OpenGL version 4.3 </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0321773039" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.amazon.com/OpenGL-Programming-Guide-Official-Learning/dp/0321773039/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top</a> </p>