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Kos
Abilities of Processing
Nov 18th, 2007, 6:45am  
Hi, I'm new to Processing, I've been working with programs like vvvv, max/msp and NI Reaktor. I wonder, what are the abilities of Processing? What it is capable of and what it's not capable of?
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skanaar
Re: Abilities of Processing
Reply #1 - Nov 18th, 2007, 10:40am  
Look at the Exhibition to see what Processing is capable of. If you want to learn processing you can also check out the Learning link.
Under Reference there are comparisons to other languages.
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Kos
Re: Abilities of Processing
Reply #2 - Nov 18th, 2007, 5:24pm  
Thanks for the answer. What are your personal views on Processing? What do you use it for?
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REAS
Re: Abilities of Processing
Reply #3 - Nov 25th, 2007, 7:12pm  
Here's one perspective... as the name suggests, Processing puts the focus on HOW you make something. It makes some projects much easier to realize.

Working with Processing is most related to programming with Java and C++, but Processing makes programming graphics and motion easier. It can do anything that Java can do (it is Java) and can do much of what C++ can do (with the OpenGL bindings using JOGL).

Processing is very different from Max and vvvv because it's a text-based programming language. This works better for some people and not for others.

One of the greatest strengths of Processing is its libraries: http://www.processing.org/reference/libraries/

Casey
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