What is Processing?
It is an open programming language for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions for the web without using Flash or Java applets.
Processing is a tool in the Languages category of a tech stack.
Processing is an open source tool with 2.9K GitHub stars and 806 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Processing's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Processing?
Companies
15 companies reportedly use Processing in their tech stacks, including The Lonero Foundation, DevDungeon.com, and Harvard Art Museums.
Developers
129 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Processing.
Processing Integrations
Processing's Features
- Free to download and open source
- Interactive programs with 2D, 3D or PDF output
- OpenGL integration for accelerated 2D and 3D
- For GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Android, and ARM
- Over 100 libraries extend the core software
- Well documented, with many books available
Processing Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Processing?
Java
Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. There are lots of applications and websites that will not work unless you have Java installed, and more are created every day. Java is fast, secure, and reliable. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere!
Python
Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.
JavaScript
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
D3.js
It is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. Emphasises on web standards gives you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework.
Node.js
Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
