thegreatape's review
4.0
Good introduction to graphic programming, clearly aimed at first-time programmers with plenty of basic 'ok, this is a variable, this is a loop, etc'. The book's stated aim is to introduce artists to the idea of programming as art- I'm a bit skeptical on whether or not they've made it accessible to the average non-programmer. But, then, I stopped being able to judge whether material is techically accessible to laypeople years ago, so your mileage may vary.
Useful for the experienced programmer with little graphics experience (me!), provided you skim/skip the basic programming constructs sections. Also easily adaptable to other language implementations of Processing if you hate Java: I used the examples with little trouble in ruby-processing.
Useful for the experienced programmer with little graphics experience (me!), provided you skim/skip the basic programming constructs sections. Also easily adaptable to other language implementations of Processing if you hate Java: I used the examples with little trouble in ruby-processing.
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