Getting Started with Processing.pdf

Advance Praise for Getting Started with Processing

“Making a computer program used to be as easy as turning it on and

typing one or two lines of code to get it to say, ‘Hello.’ Now it takes

a 500+-page manual and an entire village. Not anymore. This little

book by Ben and Casey gets you computationally drawing lines, tri-

angles, and circles within minutes of clicking the ‘download’ button.

They’ve made making computer programs humanly and humanely

possible again—and that’s no small feat.”

— John Maeda,

President of Rhode Island School of Design

“ Getting Started with Processing is not only a straightforward intro-

duction to basic programming—it’s fun! It almost feels like an activity

workbook for grownups. You may want to buy it even if you never

thought you were interested in programming, because you will be.“

— Mark Allen,

Founder and Director, Machine Project

“This is an excellent primer for those wanting to dip their feet into

programming graphics. Its learning by doing approach makes it

particularly appropriate for artists and designers who are often put

off by more traditional theory first approaches. The price of the book

and the fact that the Processing environment is open source makes

this an excellent choice for students.“

— Gillian Crampton Smith,

Fondazione Venezia Professor of Design, IUAV University of Venice

“Processing changed dramatically the way we teach programming

and it’s one of the major factors of the success of Arduino.”

— Massimo Banzi,

Cofounder of Arduino

“Casey Reas and Ben Fry champion the exciting power of programming

for creatives in Getting Started with Processing , a hands-on guide for

making code-based drawings and interactive graphics. Reas and Fry

are clear and direct, but as artists, they’re not afraid to be a bit eccen-

tric and offbeat. This makes their unique form of teaching powerful.”

— Holly Willis,

Director of Academic Programs,

Institute for Multimedia Literacy, School of Cinematic Arts, USC

Getting

Started

with

Processing

Casey Reas and Ben Fry