GLFW vs. FLTK vs. SFML

markjco · 2010-07-19T01:28:56

Hi,I've been reading some threads about what toolkits to use with OpenGL development. In summary, I've noticed that the community would advice to determine the nature of the application, what it has to do, in order to decide on what the best approach is.Okay, I am developing a Virtual Environment where I can:1. navigate smoothly with an external hardware control such as an exosceleton. (but keyboard keys will do for now)2. manipulate and interact with the object rendered (grab it, etc.) in the environment with again hardware interface (but will use a mouse interaction for now)3. render an arbitrary object (but that's for later research)Those are the three major considerations in deciding what toolkit to use.:)So, do I use GLFW which was made for OpenGL, had a new release this 2010, but some do not recommend it for complex applications.OR FLTK or SFML (I don't know the difference between the two honestly), which are modern alternatives to SDL.For me, any would do because they are all good choices but I would just like to have some comments for weighing them out. What would be best for what I would want to do... I've been researching for some time and since I'm a newbie, can't really pinpoint strengths and weaknesses. If you could suggest other toolkits I did not mention or don't know, please advise:DThank you very much.