An Introduction to Programming, Using Processing. Part 1: Why Program?
May 24
Processing is a language created by Ben Fry and Casey Reas of MIT, designed to make computer programming accessible to people who might imagine it will always be beyond their grasp. Processing makes it easy to create beautiful, interactive graphics.
The principles of computer programming are surprisingly simple and powerful. They also provide an easy way in to understanding some very important concepts in mathematics and science, by making them into things you can play around with. Messing about with stuff is one of the ways that people learn best.
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