Hello vertex attributes
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This WebGL example demonstrates how to combine shader programming and user interaction by sending user input to the shader using vertex attributes.

Hello World program in GLSL
---------------------------

How to send input to a shader program by saving data in GPU memory.
```

<p>
  First encounter with attributes and sending data to GPU. Click on the canvas
  to change the horizontal position of the square.
</p>
```


```
<canvas>Your browser does not seem to support HTML canvas.</canvas>
```


```
body {
  text-align: center;
}
canvas {
  width: 280px;
  height: 210px;
  margin: auto;
  padding: 0;
  border: none;
  background-color: black;
}
button {
  display: block;
  font-size: inherit;
  margin: auto;
  padding: 0.6em;
}
```



```html
<script type="x-shader/x-vertex" id="vertex-shader">
 #version 100
 precision highp float;

 attribute float position;

 void main() {
 gl\_Position = vec4(position, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
 gl\_PointSize = 64.0;
 }
</script>
```



```html
<script type="x-shader/x-fragment" id="fragment-shader">
 #version 100
 precision mediump float;
 void main() {
 gl\_FragColor = vec4(0.18, 0.54, 0.34, 1.0);
 }
</script>
```


```
;(() => {
  "use strict";
```



```js
window.addEventListener("load", setupWebGL, false);
let gl;
let program;

function setupWebGL(evt) {
  window.removeEventListener(evt.type, setupWebGL, false);
  if (!(gl = getRenderingContext())) return;

  let source = document.querySelector("#vertex-shader").innerHTML;
  const vertexShader = gl.createShader(gl.VERTEX\_SHADER);
  gl.shaderSource(vertexShader, source);
  gl.compileShader(vertexShader);
  source = document.querySelector("#fragment-shader").innerHTML;
  const fragmentShader = gl.createShader(gl.FRAGMENT\_SHADER);
  gl.shaderSource(fragmentShader, source);
  gl.compileShader(fragmentShader);
  program = gl.createProgram();
  gl.attachShader(program, vertexShader);
  gl.attachShader(program, fragmentShader);
  gl.linkProgram(program);
  gl.detachShader(program, vertexShader);
  gl.detachShader(program, fragmentShader);
  gl.deleteShader(vertexShader);
  gl.deleteShader(fragmentShader);
  if (!gl.getProgramParameter(program, gl.LINK\_STATUS)) {
    const linkErrLog = gl.getProgramInfoLog(program);
    cleanup();
    document.querySelector("p").textContent =
      `Shader program did not link successfully. Error log: ${linkErrLog}`;
    return;
  }

  initializeAttributes();
  gl.useProgram(program);
  gl.drawArrays(gl.POINTS, 0, 1);

  document.querySelector("canvas").addEventListener(
    "click",
    (evt) => {
      const clickXRelativeToCanvas = evt.pageX - evt.target.offsetLeft;
      const clickXinWebGLCoords =
        (2.0 \* (clickXRelativeToCanvas - gl.drawingBufferWidth / 2)) /
        gl.drawingBufferWidth;
      gl.bufferData(
        gl.ARRAY\_BUFFER,
        new Float32Array([clickXinWebGLCoords]),
        gl.STATIC\_DRAW,
      );
      gl.drawArrays(gl.POINTS, 0, 1);
    },
    false,
  );
}

let buffer;
function initializeAttributes() {
  gl.enableVertexAttribArray(0);
  buffer = gl.createBuffer();
  gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY\_BUFFER, buffer);
  gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY\_BUFFER, new Float32Array([0.0]), gl.STATIC\_DRAW);
  gl.vertexAttribPointer(0, 1, gl.FLOAT, false, 0, 0);
}

window.addEventListener("beforeunload", cleanup, true);
function cleanup() {
  gl.useProgram(null);
  if (buffer) {
    gl.deleteBuffer(buffer);
  }
  if (program) {
    gl.deleteProgram(program);
  }
}
```


```
function getRenderingContext() {
  const canvas = document.querySelector("canvas");
  canvas.width = canvas.clientWidth;
  canvas.height = canvas.clientHeight;
  const gl =
    canvas.getContext("webgl") || canvas.getContext("experimental-webgl");
  if (!gl) {
    const paragraph = document.querySelector("p");
    paragraph.textContent =
      "Failed. Your browser or device may not support WebGL.";
    return null;
  }
  gl.viewport(0, 0, gl.drawingBufferWidth, gl.drawingBufferHeight);
  gl.clearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
  gl.clear(gl.COLOR\_BUFFER\_BIT);
  return gl;
}
```


```
})();
```


The source code of this example is also available on GitHub.

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