Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists | 
 enlarge | Authors: Casey Reas, Ben Fry
Creator: John Maeda
Publisher: The MIT Press
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Product Description
It has been more than twenty years since desktop publishing reinvented design, and it's clear that there is a growing need for designers and artists to learn programming skills to fill the widening gap between their ideas and the capability of their purchased software. This book is an introduction to the concepts of computer programming within the context of the visual arts. It offers a comprehensive reference and text for Processing (www.processing.org), an open-source programming language that can be used by students, artists, designers, architects, researchers, and anyone who wants to program images, animation, and interactivity.
The ideas in Processing have been tested in classrooms, workshops, and arts institutions, including UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, New York University, and Harvard University. Tutorial units make up the bulk of the book and introduce the syntax and concepts of software (including variables, functions, and object-oriented programming), cover such topics as photography and drawing in relation to software, and feature many short, prototypical example programs with related images and explanations. More advanced professional projects from such domains as animation, performance, and typography are discussed in interviews with their creators. "Extensions" present concise introductions to further areas of investigation, including computer vision, sound, and electronics. Appendixes, references to other material, and a glossary contain additional technical details. Processing can be used by reading each unit in order, or by following each category from the beginning of the book to the end. The Processing software and all of the code presented can be downloaded and run for future exploration.
Essays by: Alexander R. Galloway, Golan Levin, R. Luke DuBois, Simon Greenwold, Francis Li, Hernando Barragán
Interviews with: Jared Tarbell, Martin Wattenberg, James Paterson, Erik van Blockland, Ed Burton, Josh On, Jürg Lehni, Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn, Mathew Cullen and Grady Hall, Bob Sabiston, Jennifer Steinkamp, Ruth Jarman and Joseph Gerhardt, Sue Costabile, Chris Csikszentmihályi, Golan Levin and Zachary Lieberman, Mark Hansen
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Processing Boyfriend's Dream Book March 3, 2010
M. Hepburn
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this book for my boyfriend for Valentines Day, and he was incredibly excited. Apparently it's THE book for processing, and he's already figured out how to do new stuff from reading it. I know nothing about programming, but I flipped through it and it seemed easy enough to understand. It's a beautiful hardbound book. Highly recommend for aspiring processors.
Good book February 22, 2010
Isaiah S. Chentnik
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book what else would you buy. Worth the money definitely will not resell it even if I'm not currently programing stuff.
Great resource January 9, 2010
Gregory Steel
This is a great resource for those wanting to begin to use processing to program visuals on the computer. Very clear and concise with excellent explanations of all the elements and programming logic. This would make an excellent text book for a class, I will use it for a course I am developing now. filled with great examples and something a person can keep as a good reference book for the future, I highly recommend this title.
Recommended for viusal art December 6, 2009
M. Mönch (HAMBURG GERMANY)
Excellent reference with many programming examples.
The most part of this book is taken by solving problems from visual art.
One example for the arturio board.
Best of what I've purchased October 13, 2009
Andrew B. Montgomery (Oklahoma, OK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I also purchased another Processing Book (Learning Processing - orange cover) and although "Learning Processing" is a fantastic book, this one is much longer and in my opinion slightly better. Both are fantastic.
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