A Means to Interact

A guided (brief) tour of the arts programming platforms Processing, openFrameworks, Cinder, and processing.py. Accompanying code at https://github.com/Codasign/guided-tour

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1. A Means to Interact A Guided Tour of Arts Programming Platforms Becky Stewart becky@codasign.com @theleadingzero @codasign_ http://codasign.com
2. Arts Programming Frameworks Example Mac OS Desktop Application in • Processing • openFrameworks • Cinder • processing.py
3. Slides at: http://speakerdeck.com/u/theleadingzero/p/a-means-to-interact Code at: https://github.com/Codasign/guided-tour
4. Arts Programming Frameworks
5. openFrameworks Cinder processing.py di!culty of framework community support Processing
6. openFrameworks Cinder processing.py di!culty of framework community support Processing Best place to start. Everything packaged together. Still very powerful!
7. openFrameworks Cinder processing.py di!culty of framework community support Processing Big jump in language. Stable platform with strong community. For when the power of C++ is needed.
8. openFrameworks Cinder processing.py di!culty of framework community support Processing Definitely need to be a confident coder. Fewer compromises than oF as it doesn’t try be fully cross-platform. Targeted at Mac OSes.
9. openFrameworks Cinder processing.py di!culty of framework community support Processing New kid on the block. Not really a community or a lot of support yet. Python is incredibly friendly to those just starting out.
10. How are these platforms similar?
11. Native window handling
12. Native graphics and image handling
13. Simple and direct access to mouse and keyboard input
14. void setup() void draw()
15. void setup() void draw() Do things that happen only once, when the program begins.
16. Do things that happen repeatedly, at the frame rate of the program. void setup() void draw()
17. Processing
18. Get it from: http://processing.org Language: Java OS: Mac, Windows, GNU/Linux, Android IDE: Own and Eclipse License: LGPL Since: 2001
19. Live coding demo https://github.com/Codasign/guided-tour/processingExample
20. openFrameworks
21. Get it from: http://openframeworks.cc Language: C++ OS: Mac, Windows, GNU/Linux, iOS, Android IDE: XCode, Eclipse, Code::Blocks, Visual Studio License: MIT License Since: April 2008 first commit on github
22. Live coding demo https://github.com/Codasign/guided-tour/oFExample
23. Cinder
24. Get it from: http://libcinder.org/ Language: C++ OS: Mac, Windows, iOS IDE: XCode, Visual Studio License: Simplified BSD Since: April 2010 first commit on github
25. Live coding demo https://github.com/Codasign/guided-tour/cinderExample
26. processing.py
27. Get it from: https://github.com/jdf/processing.py Language: Python (Jython) OS: Mac, Windows, iOS IDE: no specified IDE License: Apache 2.0 Since: July 2010 first commit on github
28. Live coding demo https://github.com/Codasign/guided-tour/processingpyExample
29. Wrap-Up
30. There are di"erences in the platforms and libraries! Full screen Color modes Background refreshing ...
31. Processing All the frustrations that come with Java Really stable, supportive community Works out of the box, with no nonsense IDE IDE becomes quickly limiting, but can move to Eclipse From an educational standpoint can be inhibiting as hides away a lot of programming concepts (that every Processing instance is an extension of a base class PApplet)
32. openFrameworks All the power and problems of C++ http://wiki.openframeworks.cc/index.php?title=OF_for_Processing_users Really stable, supportive community Have to deal with an IDE like XCode Nothing is binary means long compile times and that correct file structure is essential Pet peeve is calling everything testApp.cpp and testApp.h - descriptive class and file names are your friend!
33. Cinder Again, all the power and problems of C++ C++ in your face Much smaller community Less thorough documentation Great for Mac
34. processing.py Python <3 Basically no community No all-in-one IDE But it’s Python!
35. Arts programming platforms ...vary in noob-appeal. ...have similar functionality. ...intended for (cross-platform) interactive applications. Lots of options and resources available.
36. Becky Stewart becky@codasign.com @theleadingzero @codasign_ http://codasign.com