Introduction to creative coding with Processing

Processing offers a fun and rewarding context for beginners to learn coding. We will cover the classic subjects (variables, loops, conditionals, functions etc) but you will get constant visual feedback to help you understand and develop your code.

Processing has been especially popular among artists and designers wanting to bring algorithmic elements into their work without necessarily becoming a fully-fledged developer – or hiring one in. It has been used to create (among many other things) interactive gallery installations, generative artwork, Twitter bots and music videos. Often Processing appears as a component alongside physical (even traditional) media.

Java is a general-purpose programming language that has been used for every imaginable purpose; Processing is a version of Java tailored towards producing visual outputs but the skills you learn on this course can be applied to any programming situation.