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yomaceo

Good Processing Book for Programmers
May 15^th, 2008, 1:49am

Hi,

I am a Java engineer looking to learn Processing. Most of the books I have found on the topic spend a good chunk of the time explaining basic programming concepts.

Is there a book or other resource introducing Processing and targeted towards programmers who already know Java (and who might contribute to development).

Thanks for any tips,
-Mike

chazmatazz

Re: Good Processing Book for Programmers
Reply #1 - May 15^th, 2008, 2:14am

I'm sort of in the same boat. I am enjoying Processing by Reas and Fry. I'm going through the book fast and trying to get some of the algorithms to stick in my head. I don't have any experience with graphics programming, so a lot of the tricks are new to me. If you're an experienced graphics programmer you might find it dull.

The book has interviews with people who are doing interesting work and draws some neat graphics, which makes it worth it for me.

Ira

Re: Good Processing Book for Programmers
Reply #2 - May 15^th, 2008, 4:09pm

As seasoned Java programmers, why not just refer to the Processing source: http://dev.processing.org/ and perhaps Java AWT (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/package-summary.html). I would also think looking at the code in the examples (learning section) and language reference on this site would be helpful.

In Processing:Creative Coding and Computational Art, I do get into some more advanced graphics programming concepts, especially in ch's 7-14. For a taste, you can download ch 14 and appendix C for free:

Ch 14 covers some advanced Processing concepts, including Java Mode and 3D

Apx C shows how to integrate Processing into Java

http://www.friendsofed.com/extras/159059617X/3D-Rendering-In-Java-Mode.pdf

http://www.friendsofed.com/extras/159059617X/Integrating-Processing-Within-Java.pdf

Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art
http://friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=159059617X

The Essential Guide to Processing for Flash Developers
http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=9781430219798

Center of Creative Computation
Meadows/Lyle
SMU, Dallas

REAS

Re: Good Processing Book for Programmers
Reply #3 - May 15^th, 2008, 10:26pm

While the Processing program is good for beginners and for advanced programmers, the books published to date focus on the beginner and intermediate audience. I think there's room for a book that covers advanced areas. For example, a book to more fully cover the topics in the brief Extension sections in the MIT Press book (3D, Networking, Vision, Audio, etc.). At the moment, the Friends of Ed book has the most intermediate level graphics content.

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