4. Processingとは?
‣ Processing is a programming language,
development environment, and online community.
Since 2001, Processing has promoted software
literacy within the visual arts and visual literacy
within technology. Initially created to serve as a
software sketchbook and to teach computer
programming fundamentals within a visual context,
Processing evolved into a development tool for
professionals. Today, there are tens of thousands
of students, artists, designers, researchers, and
hobbyists who use Processing for learning,
prototyping, and production.
6. Processing 誕生の歴史
‣ Design by Numbers - John Maeda (MIT Media Lab.)
‣ http://dbn.media.mit.edu/
‣ Processingの祖先
7. Processing 誕生の歴史
‣ MIT Media Lab. で John Maedaの博士課程の学生だった
Ben FryとCasey Reas によりProcessing が生みだされた
(2001)
‣ その後バージョンアップを重ねて現在のバージョンは1.5.1
‣ Javaをベースにしたクロスプラットフォーム
‣ Mac OSX, Windows, Linux 版