Functions in Processing - Programming Tutorial I

Trevista starts to get into some actual programming with a tutorial utilizing the Processing programming language. Variables aren't covered in this tutorial, and pretty much the basics of calling existing functions and throwing in user-defined values is given to easily draw on the screen.

The website mentioned for getting the Processing compiler is www.processing.org
Processing will work on Windows and Mac (presumably Linux, too), as it is a Java-based language. It is also probably made with artists in mind, as a lot of the basic functionality makes it very easy to draw shapes -- something that can prove to be a nightmare with other programming languages. More to come in the future. I hope it was easy to understand for those who have never touched programming before.

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[TrevorAndBecky]

@nerdra Glad to hear it. While I am admittedly itching to get into more advanced topics, I probably won't hit any of them for quite a long time.

[nerdra]

As a programming idiot, I am happy to say that you did a super pro job on this and I feel very productively educated. I look forward to drawing variously-colored rectangles after work today! :)