Processing : an introduction to programming /: an introduction to programming. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey L. Nyhoff, Larry R. Nyhoff.
• Authors: Nyhoff, Jeffrey; Nyhoff, Larry R
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface: Why We Wrote This Book and For Whom It Is Written ; What Is Processing?; Why Not Java?; What about Python?; Why This Book?; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Welcome to Computer Programming; Why Learn to Program?; A Tour of Processing; 1: Basic Drawing in Processing; Starting a New Program; Saving a Program; Retrieving a Program; Entering Code into the Text Editor; Basic Drawing with Graphical Elements; Setting the "Canvas" Size: A Closer Look at the size() Function Drawing Points: The point() FunctionDrawing Line Segments: The line() Function; Drawing Rectangles: The rect() Function; Drawing Ellipses: The ellipse() Function; Drawing Triangles: The triangle() Function; Drawing Quadrilaterals: The quad() Function; Drawing Arcs: The arc() Function; Summary; The Processing Reference; More about Graphical Elements; Stacking Order; Changing Line Thickness: The strokeWeight() Function; Working with Color: RGB; Resetting the Canvas: The background() Function; Changing the Fill Color: The fill() and noFill() Functions Changing the Stroke Color: The stroke() and noStroke() FunctionsInline Comments; Grayscale; Transparency; Summary; Exercises; 2: Types, Expressions, and Variables; Values; Numeric Values; Integers: The int Type; Numbers with Decimal Points: The float Type; Arithmetic with int Values and float Values; int Arithmetic; Integer Division; Calculating the Remainder with the Modulo Operator: % ; float Arithmetic; float Fractions; The Trouble with Fractions on Computers; Evaluating Expressions; Order of Operations; Using Parentheses; Variables; Predefined Variables: width and height Benefits of Using VariablesCreating and Using Our Own Variables; Variable Names; Variable Types; Declaring a Variable; Assigning a Value to a Variable; Combining Declaration and Initialization; Reusing a Variable; Type Mismatches; Why Not Use Only the float Type?; Expressions in Assignment Statements; Using a Variable on the Right-Hand Side of an Assignment Statement; Being Careful with Integer Division; Reassigning a New Value to a Variable; Constants; Predefined Constants; Defining Our Own Constants; Nonnumeric Types; Individual Characters: The char Type Multiple Characters: The String TypeString Concatenation; Summary; Exercises; 3: More about Using Processing' s Built-In Functions; More about Console Output: The print() and println() Functions; Displaying Multiple Items to the Console; Graphical Text in Processing; The text() Function; The textsize() Function; The textAlign() Function; Matching the Type of an Argument to the Type of a Parameter; Two Kinds of Functions; void Functions; Functions That Return a Value; Determining a Function' s Return Type Using Processing' s Reference
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 005.1071; MATHEMATICS / General; Processing (Computer program language); Computer programming -- Study and teaching; COMPUTERS / Programming / General; Computer programming -- Study and teaching; Processing (Computer program language); COMPUTERS / Programming Languages / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351645225; 1351645226
• Related ISBNs: 9781482255959; 1482255952
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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