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Getting started with Processing

Processing offers you a way to learn computer programming through making interactive graphics. Just one command will make a circle appear on the screen. Processing is also very powerful. There are many 'libraries' that extend the power of processing. This Java - like programming language has been used to make music videos for REM and Radiohead. It is also used to make interactive illustrations, control video walls and create sculptures.

• • learn how to start the Processing IDE

  • 1.1 What does IDE stand for?

  • learn how to save and run your sketches

    • • Most lines end in a semi-colon. Try running your sketch with a missing semi-colon.

      • () these are brackets

      • {} these are braces

      • Try changing some of the numbers in this program to see what they do.

      • // Lines that start with two slashes are comments. These are like a 'note to self' to help you or someone else understand your sketch. Changing or removing comments will not effect your sketch.

  • 1.2 What do the six icons along the top do?

  • learn how to post processing projects to be evaluated