Ioannis Tsakpinis - LWJGL Blog

Memory management in LWJGL

Java 1.4 was released in early 2002. LWJGL was created a few months later. This was not a coincidence. Java 1.4 finally made it possible to access off-heap memory from Java and efficiently inter-operate with native code. Using java.nio and direct ByteBuffer instances, Java developers could: Allocate

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UPX compression

The LWJGL native libraries for Windows and Linux are now compressed using UPX, making the binary distributable about 2 MB (or 33%) smaller. The LWJGL 3.0.0a release has been updated with the compressed binaries. In the near future, we will also provide separate downloads for binaries, source and

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LWJGL 3.0.0a released

The LWJGL team is proud to announce the first official release of LWJGL 3! Many thanks to all the enthusiastic LWJGL users that have been trying the nightly builds since last November, it helped us immensely with improving the quality of the library. Keep the feedback coming! The 3.0.

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First 10 days

Nov 08, 2014 was a huge milestone for LWJGL 3. It was the first time anyone could download a nightly build of the library and start playing with it. A few days later the new site was deployed and suddenly there was so much interest for the project. Not that

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Welcome to LWJGL 3

It's finally here! LWJGL 3 has a new, modern home, an updated forum, nightly build infrastructure and... a blog! This will be a fun new way to stay up-to-date with LWJGL and the latest developments in the world of Java gaming and computing. Don't forget to subscribe to the RSS