Processing
Overview
Processing is an open source programming language and IDE based on Java. It is free, works on PC/Mac/Linux, and is easy to learn. Processing lets the programmer quickly make visual objects and interactive programs. It is also easy to communicate with a serial port, so programs can interact with microcontrollers. This wiki page will describe how to get Processing, create a simple program, open a serial port, and use an external library to create a GUI (graphical user interface).
Download
Processing can be found here. Download, unzip and install Processing. This will create two important folders. The first is the folder you have unzipped. It contains the actual Processing program. The second folder is something like Documents/Processing, depending on your platform. This folder is where you store your projects and add libraries.
Resources
Internal and External Libraries
A Simple Program
Open Processing.
Processing is designed to allow people who are unfamiliar with programming to quickly get up and running making programs.
A Processing file is called a sketch. The IDE is shown at the right. A sketch is saved as a .pde and opens in a tabbed format.
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