Processing

What Is Processing?

Processing is a programming language, development environment, and online community... Today, there are tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists who use Processing for learning, prototyping, and production.

It's a lot of things!

What can you do with it?

Why do I love it?

Environment

PDE

Sketch

In Processing, a computer program is called a sketch.

Coordinates

Code

Main Program

 // global variables go here
void setup() {  // one time stuff}
void draw() {  // continuous loop}

Setup

void setup() {  size(500, 500);
  smooth();  bgColor = color(255);  myImage = loadImage("conor-barry.jpg");  ball = new Ball(x, y, size);}

• Happens once at the beginning
• Declare variables
  
• Configure settings
  

Draw

void draw() {  background(100);
  if (mousePressed) {
    fill(0, 255, 0); // green
  } 
  else {
    fill(255); // white
  }
  rectMode(CENTER);
  rect(width/2, height/2, 50, 50);}

• Happens after setup
• Infinite loop
  
• Updates the viewing window
  

ADD-ons

Libraries

Hardware

Modes

Recommended Projects

Hello World! Processing

Unnamed SoundSCuplture

3D printed record

Recommended Reading

Learning Processing

Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists

The Nature of Code

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