See what I mean about the example code being cute? This program was an introduction to functions and also using the translate command.

I guess I’m almost, officially “started” with Processing. I’ve gone through all the chapters in GSwP with the exception of the very last one, which is a collection of ways to “Extend” the language beyond drawing and animation. When I close the book tomorrow, I hope I’m more confident in my ability to tackle something practical and soon. I’ve already got a use case at the museum (some data visualizations of bird behaviors in an exhibit we’re prototyping about math). More on that in a future post.

I’ve done a decent amount of web “programming” to consider myself a designer and I’m a bit torn. Processing requires more programming than I expected or desired, but at the same time, maybe designers (and educators and journalists) need to know this level of programming just as much as we need to know how to communicate?