Why is my opengl triangle code producing a black screen? - c++

Question

#include <iostream>
#include <GL/glew.h>
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
int main(void)
{
GLFWwindow* window;
/* Initialize the library */
if (!glfwInit())
return -1;
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
/* Create a windowed mode window and its OpenGL context */
window = glfwCreateWindow(640, 480, "Hello World", NULL, NULL);
if (!window)
{
glfwTerminate();
return -1;
}
glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
glewExperimental = true;
glewInit();
while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
{
glClearColor(1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
std::cout << glGetError() << std::endl;
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
glVertex2f(-0.5f, -0.5f);
glVertex2f(0.5f, -0.5f);
glVertex2f(0.0f, 0.5f);
glEnd();
glfwSwapBuffers(window);
glfwPollEvents();
}
glfwTerminate();
return 0;
}
Despite setting glClearColor, only a black screen is shown. Drawing the triangle doesn't work either, and glGetError returns 0 everywhere. What am I doing wrong?
(I know this is a legacy way to render a triangle, I'm just trying to test if opengl is working, and apparently, it isn't.)

Answer 1

You cannot use the legacy OpenGL (glBegin/glEnd sequences) with a Core profile OpenGL Context (GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE) you must use a Compatibility profile OpenGL context (GLFW_OPENGL_COMPAT_PROFILE):
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_COMPAT_PROFILE);