Processing is an Open Source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and sound (Multi Media). It is used by students, artists, designers, architects, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool.

http://www.processing.org/

see Stimulating Learning Projects

The Processing environment is written in JaVa. Programs written in Processing are also translated to Java and then run as Java programs. Programs written in Java and Processing will usually run faster than programs based on scripting languages like [Action Script] and Lingo, which is important for many graphics applications.

http://www.processing.org/reference/compare/index.html

http://www.processing.org/reference/compare/python.html

[Visualizing Data] by [BenFry] ISBN:0596514557

PyThon derivative: [NodeBox] (for MacOsX only?)

http://www.nodebox.net

http://research.nodebox.net/Home

[NodeBox] is a "State Machine". As such, it is easier to understand by people that have no experience in programming. The idea of a state machine, and most of the command set, is adopted from Process Ing, an open project initiated by [BenFry] and [Casey Reas]. Processing is a Java learning environment that has dynamic and 3D functionality. Once you know Processing, you know [NodeBox].

[NodeBox] is based on [DrawBot] 0.9a ([DrawBot] is a project initiated by [Just Van Rossum] from [Lett Error], a simple MacOsX application that allows you to write Python scripts that generate two-dimensional graphics). http://drawbot.com/

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