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Processing

Creative Coding and Generative Art in Processing 2

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Authors:
  1. Ira Greenberg
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  2. Dianna Xu
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  3. Deepak Kumar
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  • Processing: Creative Coding and Generative Art in Processing 2 is a fun and creative approach to learning programming using the latest release of the Processing 2.0 programming language.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Diving into the Shallow End

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 1-32

  3. Art by Numbers

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 33-63

  4. Processing Boot Camp

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 65-105

  5. Creating Across Time and Curved Space

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 107-147

  6. Expressive Power of Data

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 149-185

  7. Organizing Chaos

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 187-232

  8. Creative Abstraction

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 233-276

  9. Drawing with Recursion

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 277-309

  10. Painting with Bits

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 311-368

  11. Expressive Imaging

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 369-411

  12. Spreading Your Creative Coding Wings

    • Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar
    Pages 413-436

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 437-445
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About this book

Processing: Creative Coding and Generative Art in Processing 2 is a fun and creative approach to learning programming. Using the easy to learn Processing programming language, you will quickly learn how to draw with code, and from there move to animating in 2D and 3D. These basics will then open up a whole world of graphics and computer entertainment.

If you’ve been curious about coding, but the thought of it also makes you nervous, this book is for you; if you consider yourself a creative person, maybe worried programming is too non-creative, this book is also for you; if you want to learn about the latest Processing 2.0 language release and also start making beautiful code art, this book is also definitely for you.

You will learn how to develop interactive simulations, create beautiful visualizations, and even code image-manipulation applications. All this is taught using hands-on creative coding projects. Processing 2.0 is the latest release of the open-source Processing language, and includes exciting new features, such as OpenGL 2 support for enhanced 3D graphics performance. 

Processing: Creative Coding and Generative Art in Processing 2 is designed for independent learning and also as a primary text for an introductory computing class. Based on research funded by the National Science Foundation, this book brings together some of the most engaging and successful approaches from the digital arts and computer science classrooms.

  • Teaches you how to program using a fun and creative approach.
  • Covers the latest release of the Processing 2.0 language.
  • Presents a research based approach to learning computing.

About the authors

Ira Greenberg directs the Center of Creative Computation and is Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Meadows School of the Arts and Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX. He is the author of Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art and The Essential Guide to Processing for Flash Developers, both from friends of ED/Apress. Ira received his BFA from Cornell University and his MFA from the University of Pennsylvania.

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