About this item
Understand the importance of programming, even if you've never programmed before! This book will teach you the basics of programming using the Processing programming language. You will create your own Processing sketches, using personal images, themes, or hobbies that you enjoy. The chapters in the book will demonstrate the process of programming, starting with formulating an idea, planning, building on past projects, and refining the work, similar to writing an essay or composing a song. This approach will guide you to make use of logic and mathematics to produce beautiful effects.The term for program in Processing is sketch, though the sketches featured in this book are far more than static drawings; they incorporate interaction, animation, video, audio, and accessing files on the local computer and on the Web.
About the Author
Jeanine Meyer enjoys writing books on programming and related subjects. She likes making family photos and videos and interests such as origami and quizzes the focus of projects and hopes that inspires readers to build their projects on topics that are meaningful to them. Jeanine worked at IBM Research in robotics and manufacturing and then joined academia, now at Purchase College/SUNY. She earned degrees from the University of Chicago, Columbia University and New York University. Her hobbies (besides programming and origami) include learning piano, walking, cooking and eating, and volunteering for progressive candidates and causes.
