opengl resources and necessary steps

i'm going to take up opengl before directx, but how does opengl work? is there an sdk like for directx? i'm using bloodshed dev-c++. what do i need to do to get opengl up and working?

and do you guys have any resources that you're partial to for learning opengl that you think are best?

thanks.

<--has no clue sry i am sitll a basic c++ programer try not ot bite off more then you can chew i have done that before

Dev C++ comes with OpenGL. And a good site for learning it is http://nehe.gamedev.net

>And a good site for learning it is http://nehe.gamedev.net

yeah, NeHe is great for learning openGL, heres another one with some good tuts...

http://www.gametutorials.com

thanks for those links, guys. i'm over looking at them now. and thats a relief that i dont need to do anything to set up opengl on my computer and that devc++ just has it. cause i know with directx its a whole big thing with the sdk and setting up options.