Processing - Arduino IDE Comparison

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Processing Arduino IDE Comparison

What the Arduino programming environment does for microcontrollers the Processing
programming environment does for your computer. The Integrated Development Environments
(IDE) for Processing and Arduino are nearly identical. Better yet, learning to program with one
gives you enough experience to begin programming with the other.

This side by side comparison shows similarities between the Processing IDE on the left and
Arduino IDE on the right. This is no accident because Arduinos programming tools are actually
a subset of the Processing language.
Both programs use a startup() function to perform initialization procedures. The first difference
is with the draw() function in Processing and loop() function in Arduino. Processings draw()
function acts much like the Arduino loop() but continually updates the graphics displayed on the
computer screen and responds to user interaction.

Processing is an open source programming language


and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and
interactions.
It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning,

prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer


programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and
professional production tool. Processing is developed by artists and designers as an
alternative to proprietary software tools in the same domain.

Extending Processings functionality libraries

Processing has become an extremely powerful scripting environment for the


inclusion of
almost any type of media mainly through the concept of libraries. These libraries
consist of subroutines and code that extend the functionality of Processing, often to

include a particular kind of media (such as video, sound or 3D graphics) or


functionality
(communications, interface design, fullscreen playback, etc.).
To install a library, unzip the file into the libraries folder in your sketchbook (on the
Macintosh you find the sketchbook in your home directory > Documents >
Processing).
If you do not already have a libraries folder in your sketchbook, create this folder
manually and unzip the files in there. In general, most libraries have instructions on
the
website where you can download them from, following these directions is the
easiest
way to install a library.

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