Originally designed to make it simpler for digital artists to learn to program, Processing is a wonderful first language for anyone to learn. Given its origins, programming graphics, animations, and interactivity is much simpler in Processing, thus providing a much-needed visual approach to programming instruction in computer science as well as the arts and humanities. However, current books on Processing are either artistically oriented or proceed at a pace that is not really accessible for novices. This gentle introduction to computer programming using Processing includes the standard programming constructs, as well as examples that use animation and interactive graphics.
Autorentext
Jeff Nyhoff, Ph.D., is Professor of Computer Science at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois.
Larry Nyhoff, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Klappentext
This book demonstrates how Processing is an excellent language for beginners to learn the fundamentals of computer programming. Originally designed to make it simpler for digital artists to learn to program, Processing is a wonderful first language for anyone to learn. Given its origins, Processing enables a multimodal approach to programming instruction, well suited to students with interests in computer science or in the arts and humanities. The book uses Processing's capabilities for graphics and interactivity in order to create examples that are simple, illustrative, interesting, and fun. It is designed to appeal to a broad range of readers, including those who want to learn to program to create digital art, as well as those who seek to learn to program to process numerical information or data. It can be used by students and instructors in a first course on programming, as well as by anyone eager to teach them self to program.Following a traditional sequence of topics for introducing programming, the book introduces key computer science concepts, without overwhelming readers with extensive detail. Additional exercises are available, as are other supplementary materials for instructors looking to introduce even more computer science concepts associated with the topics. Several online chapters are also provided that introduce slightly more advanced topics in Processing, such as two-dimensional arrays, manipulation of strings, and file input and output. The conversational style and pace of the book are based upon the authors' extensive experience with teaching programming to a wide variety of beginners in a classroom. No prior programming experience is expected.
Inhalt
Foreword
Preface: Why We Wrote This Book and For Whom It Is Written
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Welcome to Computer Programming
Chapter 1 Basic Drawing in Processing
Chapter 2 Types, Expressions, and Variables
Chapter 3 More about Using Processing' s Built-In Functions
Chapter 4 Conditional Programming with if
Chapter 5 Repetition with a Loop: The while Statement
Chapter 6 Creating Counting Loops Using the for Statement
Chapter 7 Creating void Functions
Chapter 8 Creating Functions That Return a Value
Chapter 9 Arrays
Chapter 10 Introduction to Objects
INDEX