processing - abstract

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To design intelligently and creatively, designers must understand the qualities of the medium in which they work: for interaction designers one of these is software. Thus a teaching language is required which is easy and enjoyable to learn but provides the power and flexibility needed by interaction designers.

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The software is open-source and can be adapted to the user's needs. The site (http://processing.org) contains extensive reference, tutorials and Processing code posted by by a vast and growing community of users. People that uses Processing can later move to other languages or to scripting environments easily.

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Processing builds on Ben Fry and Casey Reas' experience of designing commercial applications and teaching interaction designers. It was used in Interaction-Ivrea's Fluidtime project to prototype its user interfaces.