Название: Beginning Graphics Programming with Processing 4
Автор: Antony Lees
Издательство: Independently published
Год: 2022
Страниц: 135
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf , epub
Размер: 10.1 MB

Beginning Graphics Programming with Processing 4 Fully updated to version 4 A guide to creating exciting computer graphics with the popular Processing language. This book aims to teach the Processing programming language to both non-programmers and experienced programmers alike. Using the book, anyone can learn to create visually stunning graphics and animations, regardless of prior experience, and how to utilise them in web pages and Android applications.

If you are new to programming this unique book will take you through the fundamentals of graphics and object-oriented programming from first principals using the exciting graphics of the Processing language to bring your programs to life and provide visual feedback of your progress with examples and explanations of all the steps along the way. New and experienced programmers alike will soon be creating stunning static and animated graphics programs using lines, shapes and colour, and interacting with the keyboard and mouse to make exciting, dynamic graphics that change with input from the user before moving on to advanced topics such as:

image manipulation
trigonometry
curve physics
acceleration
3D graphics

The book concludes with a comprehensive introduction to Processing's Programming Modes that provides concrete examples of using your new-found graphics programming skills. You will learn how to use:

jаvascript mode to embed your graphics into web pages
Android mode to create amazing graphics and games for Android devices
The possibilities are truly endless
Welcome to the exciting world of graphics programming!

Processing is a free, open-source, programming language based on the much larger Java language. It focusses on the visual output of computer programs, designed for non-programmers, and those more experienced, to create visual graphics and animation. Processing includes everything needed to create and view graphics including an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that can be used to create programs and graphics.

The book aims to teach the Processing programming language to both non-programmers and experienced programmers alike, allowing those who have not worked on computer programs before to become competent in the language and anyone to create some visually stunning graphics and animation regardless of prior experience. The book does not intend to teach the Java language itself, although the Processing language utilises it and has similar syntax. As such, the detail on aspects such as Object Orientation is only taught to the level required to create Processing programs, rather than attempting to teach all of the Java language and related aspects itself. There are many good Java resources online and in print for those who want to learn more of the surrounding language.