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<h1 class="large-header"><span class="black">Learning.</span> The code examples, books, and hacks presented
	here present learning materials in the range from basic to advanced.</h1>

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    <p><a href="gettingstarted/"><img src="/img/learning/gettingstarted.gif" width="200" height="22" alt="Getting Started" /></a><br />
    <br />This concise introduction to using Processing covers basic drawing, exporting, saving files, rendering to different contexts (2D, 3D, PDF), and talks about the ideas of &quot;sketching&quot; that underlie working with Processing.<br />
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    <p><table width="300" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="130" align="left"><a href="books/"><img src="/img/cover/cover_reasfry.jpg" alt="Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists"/></a></td><td width="170">
        <a href="books/">Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists</a> 
        <br />Casey Reas and Ben Fry <br />MIT Press, 736 pages<br />
         <a href="books/">Sample chapters and example downloads</a>.</td></tr></table></p>
         

	  
    <p><table width="300" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="130" align="left"><a href="books/index.html#fry"><img src="/img/cover/cover_fry.jpg" alt="Visualizing Data"/></a></td><td width="170">

        <a href="books/index.html#fry">Visualizing Data</a><br />
        Ben Fry <br />O'Reilly, 384 pages</td></tr></table>
	  
     <p><table width="300" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="130" align="left"><a href="books/index.html#ira"><img src="/img/cover/cover_greenberg.jpg" alt="Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art"/></a></td><td width="170">
	  <a href="books/index.html#ira">Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art</a> 
		<br />Ira Greenberg <br />
		Friends of Ed, 840 pages</td></tr></table></p>
  
  <p><table width="300" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="130" align="left"><a href="books/index.html#shiffman"><img src="/img/cover/cover_shiffman.jpg" alt="Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction"/></a></td><td width="170">
	  <a href="books/index.html#shiffman">Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction</a> 
		<br />Daniel Shiffman 
		<br />Morgan Kaufmann, 450 pages</td></tr></table></p>

  <p><table width="300" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="130" align="left"><a href="books/index.html#igoe"><img src="/img/cover/cover_igoe.jpg" alt="Making Things Talk"/></a></td><td width="170">
	  <a href="books/index.html#igoe">Making Things Talk</a>
		<br />Tom Igoe
		<br />O'Reilly, 428 pages</td></tr></table></p>
		
  <p>More books related to Processing are included on the <a href="books/">Books</a> page.</p>
  
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    <br />Tutorials are a collection of step-by-step lessons covering beginner, intermediate, and advanced topics.<br />
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	<br /><a href="basics/"><b>Basic</b></a> examples introduce the primary elements of computer programming and the fundamental elements of drawing with  
		Processing. If you are new to programming, these examples can be a part of the learning process, 
		but they are not detailed or descriptive enough to be used alone. If you have prior experience, they 
        will show you how to apply what you know to using Processing.<br /></p>

	<p><a href="topics/"><b>Topic</b></a> examples build on the basics; they demonstate code for animation, drawing, interaction, interface, 
		motion, simulation, file i/o, cellular automata, fractals, and l-systems.</p>
		
    <p><a href="3d/"><b>3D</b></a> examples show the basics of drawing in 3D. Processing has two 3D renderers that can draw 3D shapes 
        on screen and control lighting and camera parameters. The P3D renderer is an optimized software renderer and the 
		OPENGL renderer uses JOGL to access OpenGL accelerated graphics cards (this creates an enormous speed improvement 
        on computers with supported graphics cards.)</p>

  <p><a href="libraries/"><b>Libraries</b></a> examples demonstrate how to use some of Processing's many libraries. The libraries enable 
       Processing to capture and play video, import SVG files, export PDF files, communicate using the Internet and 
       RS-232 protocols, create and play sound files, and more...
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