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Loading... Getting Started with Processing: A Hands-On Introduction to Making Interactive Graphics (edition 2015)by Casey Reas (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Very accessible guide to processing, particularly valuable to those who want to start programming. Concepts are explained clearly with full colour illustrations. ( ) Processing is a computer language that is well-adapted to creating graphics. Its target audiences are hobbyists and professionals who are not full-time developers but who want to produce quality graphics. As the title implies, this book introduces the reader to the concepts it takes to get started. No extensive programming experience is required. The programming environment to produce Processing graphics is accessible via a free download. This book provides plenty of examples to excite the imagination. The reader should be able to take the beginnings here, combine them with freely available software, and modify them to create a worthwhile product. The biggest thing that I wish for is a way to integrate Processing with web programming environments, the type of environment I work with. I have been able to dig around to see that such things might exist. Processing.js seems to exist to map Processing commands to JavaScript and thus to a website. Unfortunately, this book does not take the reader that far. It only introduces the reader to the language and talks about adapting it to the niche use of electronics with Arduino. Overall, contemporary computer graphics need a dominant language to fill the gap between primitive languages like OpenGL in C and GUI-driven programs like Adobe Photoshop, the GIMP, Adobe Illustrator, and Inkscape. I’m not certain that Processing will succeed in filling that space in the marketplace, but it seems to be making the attempt. Come either success or failure, the attempt is appreciated, and the authors deserve to be commended on their accomplishment. no reviews | add a review
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Processing opened up the world of programming to artists, designers, educators, and beginners. This short book gently introduces the core concepts of computer programming and working with Processing. Written by the co-founders of the Processing project, Reas and Fry, Getting Started with Processing shows you how easy it is to make software and systems with interactive graphics. If you're an artist looking to develop interactive graphics programs or a programmer on your way to becoming an artist, this book will take you where you want to go. Updated with new material on graphics manipulation, data, and for the latest version of Processing. No library descriptions found. |
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