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Learning Processing, 2nd Edition

by Daniel Shiffman

September 2015

Beginner

564 pages

13h 28m

English

Morgan Kaufmann

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What is this book?Who is this book for?What is Processing?But shouldn’t I be learning _________?Write in this book!How should I read this book?Is this a textbook?Will this be on the test?Do you have a website?Take It One Step at a TimeAlgorithms
1-1 Graph paper1-2 Simple shapes1-3 Grayscale color1-4 RGB color1-5 Color transparency1-6 Custom color ranges
2-1 Processing to the rescue2-2 How do I get Processing?2-3 The Processing application2-4 The sketchbook2-5 Coding in Processing2-6 Errors2-7 The Processing reference2-8 The Run button2-9 Your first sketch

3-1 Go with the flow3-2 Our good friends, setup() and draw()3-3 Variation with the mouse3-4 Mouse clicks and key presses
4-1 What is a variable?4-2 Variable declaration and initialization4-3 Using a variable4-4 Many variables4-5 System variables4-6 Random: variety is the spice of life4-7 Variable Zoog4-8 Translation
5-1 Boolean expressions5-2 Conditionals: if, else, else if5-3 Conditionals in a sketch5-4 Logical operators5-5 Multiple rollovers5-6 Boolean variables5-7 A bouncing ball5-8 Physics 101
6-1 What is iteration? I mean, what is iteration? Seriously, what is iteration?6-2 The while loop, the only loop you really need6-3 “Exit” conditions6-4 The for loop6-5 Local vs. global variables (a.k.a. “variable scope”)6-6 Loop inside the draw() loop6-7 Zoog grows arms
7-1 Break it down7-2 “User-defined” functions7-3 Defining a function7-4 Simple modularity7-5 Arguments7-6 Passing a copy7-7 Return type7-8 Zoog reorganization
8-1 I’m down with OOP8-2 Using an object8-3 Writing the cookie cutter8-4 Using an object: the details8-5 Putting it together with a tab8-6 Constructor arguments8-7 Objects are data types too!8-8 Object-oriented Zoog
9-1 Arrays, why do you care?9-2 What is an array?9-3 Declaring and creating an array9-4 Initializing an array9-5 Array operations9-6 Simple array example: the snake9-7 Arrays of objects9-8 Interactive objects9-9 Processing’s array functions9-10 One thousand and one Zoogs
10-1 Where have we been? Where are we going?10-2 Algorithms: Dance to the beat of your own drum10-3 From idea to parts10-4 Part 1: The catcher10-5 Part 2: Intersection10-6 Part 3: The timer10-7 Part 4: Raindrops10-8 Integration: Puttin’ on the ritz10-9 Getting ready for Act II
11-1 Tip #1: Take a break11-2 Tip #2: Get another human being involved11-3 Tip #3: Simplify11-4 Tip #4: println() is your friend
12-1 Libraries12-2 Built-in libraries12-3 Contributed libraries12-4 Manually installing libraries
13-1 Mathematics and programming13-2 Modulus13-3 Random numbers13-4 Probability review13-5 Event probability in code13-6 Perlin noise13-7 The map() function13-8 Angles13-9 Trigonometry13-10 Oscillation13-11 Recursion13-12 Two-dimensional arrays
14-1 The z-axis14-2 What is P3D exactly?14-3 Vertex shapes14-4 Custom 3D shapes14-5 Simple rotation14-6 Rotation around different axes14-7 Scale14-8 The matrix: pushing and popping14-9 A Processing solar system14-10 PShape
15-1 Getting started with images15-2 Animation with an image15-3 My very first image processing filter15-4 An array of images15-5 Pixels, pixels, and more pixels15-6 Intro to image processing15-7 A second image processing filter, making your own tint()15-8 Writing to another PImage object’s pixels15-9 Level II: Pixel group processing15-10 Creative visualization
16-1 Live video 10116-2 Recorded video16-3 Software mirrors16-4 Video as sensor, computer vision16-5 Background removal16-6 Motion detection16-7 Computer vision libraries
17-1 Where do strings come from?17-2 What is a string?17-3 Displaying text17-4 Text animation17-5 Text mosaic17-6 Rotating text17-7 Display text character by character
18-1 Manipulating strings18-2 Splitting and joining18-3 Dealing with data18-4 Working with text files18-5 Tabular data18-6 Data that is not in a standardized format18-7 Text analysis18-8 XML18-9 Using the Processing XML class18-10 JSON18-11 JSONObject and JSONArray18-12 Threads18-13 APIs
19-1 Network communication19-2 Creating a server19-3 Creating a client19-4 Broadcasting19-5 Multi-user communication, Part 1: The server19-6 Multi-user communication, Part 2: The client19-7 Multi-user communication, Part 3: All together now19-8 Serial communication19-9 Serial communication with handshaking19-10 Serial communication with strings
20-1 Basic sound playback20-2 A bit fancier sound playback20-3 Sound synthesis20-4 Sound analysis20-5 Sound thresholding20-6 Spectrum analysis
21-1 Exporting to web21-2 Stand-alone applications21-3 High-resolution PDFs21-4 Images and saveFrame()21-5 Recording video
22-1 Encapsulation22-2 Inheritance22-3 An inheritance example: shapes22-4 Polymorphism22-5 Overloading
23-1 Revealing the wizard23-2 If you did not have Processing, what would your code look like?23-3 Exploring the Java API23-4 Other useful Java classes: ArrayList23-5 Other useful Java classes: Rectangle23-6 Exception (error) handling23-7 Java outside of Processing
Compile-time errorsRuntime errorsA-1 Compile-time errorsA-2 Runtime errors

Overview

Learning Processing, Second Edition, is a friendly start-up guide to Processing, a free, open-source alternative to expensive software and daunting programming languages. Requiring no previous experience, this book is for the true programming beginner. It teaches the basic building blocks of programming needed to create cutting-edge graphics applications including interactive art, live video processing, and data visualization. Step-by-step examples, thorough explanations, hands-on exercises, and sample code, supports your learning curve.

A unique lab-style manual, the book gives graphic and web designers, artists, and illustrators of all stripes a jumpstart on working with the Processing programming environment by providing instruction on the basic principles of the language, followed by careful explanations of select advanced techniques. The book has been developed with a supportive learning experience at its core. From algorithms and data mining to rendering and debugging, it teaches object-oriented programming from the ground up within the fascinating context of interactive visual media.

This book is ideal for graphic designers and visual artists without programming background who want to learn programming. It will also appeal to students taking college and graduate courses in interactive media or visual computing, and for self-study.

A friendly start-up guide to Processing, a free, open-source alternative to expensive software and daunting programming languages
No previous experience required—this book is for the true programming beginner!
Step-by-step examples, thorough explanations, hands-on exercises, and sample code supports your learning curve