[Pete_D]

Genuine question from someone looking at toying with graphics programming who had never heard of WebGPU before today: does this mean I should hold off on learning WebGL? How different are the two?

[pjmlp]

If you don't have any kind of experience, you are better off starting with WebGL.

It is more beginner friendly and it is here now.

You can either start from scratch:

https://webglfundamentals.org/

Or use one of the two most developer friendly frameworks.

https://threejs.org/

https://www.babylonjs.com/

If you have zero experience in graphics, another approach is to learn about 3D software rendering in first place.

https://www.davrous.com/2013/06/13/tutorial-series-learning-...

Leave WebGPU for when you feel comfortable with 3D programming.

[Pete_D]

Thanks! I'd actually been looking for that software rendering article for a while as well and couldn't find it.