2007年11月6日火曜日

Processing


If you are an inexperienced person or a beginner of programming language including C, C++, Java, and so on, you might feel fear of touching these things. It is not actually quite easy to start to make something with complicated programming languages. And, people might think that they want to start to learn programming with simple, but abstract language, which can produce interesting outputs.

There is one interesting manageable programming language, called Processing. It is originally developed by the MIT Media Lab for those who are not given any education of programming, but keen on using them for their activities, for example artists, designers, etc. At present, Processing is widely used for introduction of programming at various universities and polytechnics, mainly departments of art. Furthermore, it is possible for people who have certain extend of skills of programming to make products of exceedingly high quality. Processing, that is to say, is a useful tool for many people. The address below is the website of Processing, and free download is available from the website. There are also several interesting works and links there.

http://www.processing.org/

The followings are fascinating as well as the website above.

www.benfry.com

This is the website of Ben Fry who is one of the main developers of Processing. He researches develops the ways to combine various different fields such as computer science, statistics, graphic design, and data visualization, and Valence or anemore is parts of his works.

www.reas.com

Casey Reas, the other main developer of Processing, also produces quite interesting art works as well as Ben Fry. Architectural Design magazine published his article and works in AD July/August 2006: Programming Culture, pp26-33


Some other interesting website related to Processing are followings. They are just parts of huge amount of works generated by Processing, and it is possible to find other materials and source codes from the internet.

http://www.levitated.net/

http://www.complexification.net/

http://www.mos-office.net/



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