Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code. Since 2001, Processing has promoted software literacy within the visual arts and visual literacy within technology.
Processing uses the Java programming language, with additional simplifications such as additional classes and aliased mathematical functions and operations. It also provides a graphical user interface for simplifying the compilation and execution stage.
Source code for Processing, the software sketchbook and Java-based programming language for students, artists, designers, educators, hobbyists, and creative coders.
Processing is a coding language for making creative, animated, interactive, and artistic projects. It's designed for folks who are new to coding, so it's the perfect place to start.
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Programs about animation, interaction, motion, simulation, and more... Short, prototypical programs exploring the basics of programming with Processing.
Learn to code using Processing, from functions and variables to libraries and exporting applications.
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It wasn’t too long ago that talking to a computer and having it not only understand, but speak back, was confined to the realm of science fiction, like that of the shipboard computers of Star Trek.