Best app for developing GLSL shaders

[Raizor]

I'm starting to get my head into shaders and have been using RenderMonkey as an aid. Is this the best program for such things or are there better alternatives?

Thanks

[hellfire]

Well, I've always been using my own little "framework".
It just draws a test mesh and reloads the shader- and texture-files so I can see immediate results when editing the shader-code or saving a texture in photoshop.
That's not particularly amazing but I never really needed more.
I also find it rather convenient to be able to quickly hack some very custom vertex data setup code when optimizing the fragment shader.
But I must admit I usually prefer to work the oldschoolish way

[LittleWhite]

Now you can use the shaderToy, since it's a GLSL editor in browser.
Even better (same creator, I guess) -> the newly released GLSL Live Editor

And, I am using ShaderMaker -> http://cg.in.tu-clausthal.de/publications.shtml#shader_maker

(RenderMonkey is nice, but never used it)

[Raizor]

Thanks LittleWhite, I will have a good look at those.

Thanks Hellfire, that might work well once I have a bit more experience but I'll play with the tools a bit while I'm starting out, just to keep the fear factor to a minimum

[ferris]

Rendermonkey, while a bit dated by now, is wonderful. A great tool if you know how to use it! Unfortunately, I don't . So I'm in the bare-metal boat with Hellfire... though I wish I knew Rendermonkey a bit better.

[Raizor]

Rendermonkey, while a bit dated by now, is wonderful. A great tool if you know how to use it! Unfortunately, I don't . So I'm in the bare-metal boat with Hellfire... though I wish I knew Rendermonkey a bit better.

Yeah, RenderMoney seems pretty nice, but there are some annoyances with the interfaces due to the MDI windows, which sucks when you have dual screens available.  I'm still a bit confused by some of the features, but it's sinking in slowly.  I'll presevere for a while longer and hopefully it will come together

thanks Ferris

[ttemper]

had a quick read of this... not sure if i should be bumping up an old thread or not... but....

http://www.geeks3d.com/20111129/live-code-your-shaders-with-glsl-sandbox-webgl/
and
http://www.geeks3d.com/20111025/geexlab-0-3-0-released-geometry-and-tessellation-shaders-live-coding/

may be of interest to you?

[Raizor]

Thanks ttemper.

I ended up writing a little C# skeleton app to handle it in the end. Nothing fancy, but it lets me reload shaders with a keypress which is pretty much all I need atm. I will check out geexlab though, I've keep coming across people mentioning that and I'm pretty curious about it.

I don't see a problem with bumping old threads personally, I know some forums frown upon it but it seems like a sensible thing most of the time