# prographon/graphics-developer-roadmap

roadmap to becoming a graphics developer

Repository: https://github.com/prographon/graphics-developer-roadmap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/graphics-developer-roadmap
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-07-18T09:41:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 47/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 32, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2004, "days_push": 411, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1337, forks 77 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:25.375628+00:00)

## What it is
A curated roadmap and resource collection for becoming a graphics developer, maintained by the @prographon community. It organizes books, tutorials, and articles into a learning path covering C++ prerequisites, software rasterizers, GPU computing, and graphics APIs like OpenGL, Vulkan, and DirectX 12.

## Use cases
- learn graphics programming from scratch
- find resources to become a rendering engineer
- roadmap for learning OpenGL and Vulkan
- how do I start writing a raytracer
- study path for GPU programming
- curated list of computer graphics tutorials and books

## When to choose
- you want a structured, community-maintained path into graphics programming
- you need curated links to high-quality graphics books, tutorials, and articles
- you are deciding which graphics API to learn first

## When to avoid
- you need a library or tool rather than learning material
- you want resources for learning C++ or linear algebra themselves, which are explicitly excluded
- you need a formal step-by-step course with exercises and certification

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, developer-tools
- domain: graphics, tutorials, awesome-lists, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: roadmap, computer-graphics, rendering, gpu-programming, curated-resources, opengl, vulkan, cuda

## Member repositories
- prographon/graphics-developer-roadmap (main) score 47

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.375628+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:44:04.197953+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/prographon/graphics-developer-roadmap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.375628+00:00, sha ce2bc4afc72a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.