Learning the Fundamentals of Processing

Books below are great resources to grab the fundamentals of Processing language, syntax, and programming principles. Select your region to see prices from your local Amazon:

Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (Morgan...

by Daniel Shiffman
$28.94

Editorial Review from Amazon
This book teaches you the basic building blocks of programming needed to create cutting-edge graphics applications including interactive art, live video processing, and data visualization.

A unique lab-style manual, the book gives graphic and web designers, artists, and illustrators of all stripes a jumpstart on working with the Processing programming environment by providing instruction on the basic principles of the language, followed by careful explanations of select advanced techniques.

Within these pages, ITP (Tisch School of the Arts, New York University) professor Daniel Shiffman demonstrates the fundamentals of programming that will expand your understanding of what is possible in the world of computer graphics. By travelling beyond the confines of proprietary software, you will be empowered to create your own custom design tools.

* A friendly start-up guide to Processing, the visual artist's free, open-source alternative to expensive software and daunting programming languages.

* No previous experience required-this book is for the true programming beginner!

* Step-by-step examples, thorough explanations, hands-on exercises, and simple code samples support your learning curve. Source code and supplemental tutorials are also available through an online companion site.
Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (Morgan...
by Daniel Shiffman
$28.94
Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists
by Casey Reas, Ben Fry
$30.00
Processing for Visual Artists: How to Create Expressive Images and Interactive Art
by Andrew Glassner
$54.45
Programming Interactivity: A Designer's Guide to Processing, Arduino, and Openframeworks
by Joshua Noble
$49.96
Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art (Foundation)
by Ira Greenberg
$37.50
The Essential Guide to Processing for Flash Developers
by Ira Greenberg
$0.01
Processing (French Edition)
by Jean-Noël Lafargue, Jean-Michel Géridan
Generative Gestaltung
by Julia Laub, Claudius Lazz Benedikt Groß
$104.94
Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers
by Dan O'Sullivan, Tom Igoe
$13.95

Data Visualization

For advanced Processing coders, books below provide greater insight on data visualization concepts. Visualizing Data by Ben Fry also includes many hard-core Processing examples.
Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment
by Ben Fry
$21.84
The Information Design Handbook
by Jenn Visocky O'Grady, Ken Visocky O'Grady
$55.13
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
by Edward R. Tufte
$23.67
Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte
$25.00
Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions
by Toby Segaran, Jeff Hammerbacher
$24.54