Hello, i'm new to OpenGL and i've been looking for a good place to get started, I've heard a lot of positive things about NeHe's tutorials but i have a question. Considering how old they are and all the depreciated functionality of modern OpenGL, are these tutorials still any good for someone starting GL? thanks!

Based on the tutorials and the OpenGL books I have everything on NeHe seems pretty standard to the books (not saying the books arn't outdated either). I'm honestly not sure if they are up to industry standard but there still really good for learning basics in OpenGL. I say this because in my experience in 2d programming and a few different Graphic API's usually the newest updates usually don't change much as far as what code you use but more of what the code does internally.

there are 2 issues with the age of the tutorials - 1) code don't work as well as it should using current software 2) it doesn't take advantage of all the newer functions that are now part of opengl.
but if you are just starting with opengl or are using software that it has been ported to without issue then you will find yourself learning the basics and a few intermediate skills to do some cool stuff.