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#### [notes](http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/interface_application_programming/index.html) + [video](https://vimeo.com/412495586)
### THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENTS
1. Group assignment: compare as many tool options as possible
2. Individual assignment: write an application that interfaces a user with an input &/or output device that you made.
Software programming is completely new for me. So I'm going to try briefly as many programs as I can.
### Processing
I start with processing as suggested by Steven.
A good way to learn about the what and why of 'Processing' is this essay ['A Modern Prometheus'](https://medium.com/processing-foundation/a-modern-prometheus-59aed94abe85) by the initiators of the project.
Processing is basically a program that connects graphic design to computer science. It has a set of elements for creating visual design with code. The processing website has a good set of [video tutorials that covers the basics](https://processing.org/tutorials/).
Here is a screenshot of a sketch I wrote while learning the basics of the code structure, the void setup and draw, the-coordinate system, and use simple visual elements - shape, colour in greyscale and rgb, interact with the mouse, conditional statements...
The processing PDE (processing development environment) looks very similar to the Arduino IDE (integrated Development Environment). I learnt that the Arduino Env was inspired by the Processing Env, and in the process learnt how python and other coding systems are all related and are developed from each other.
After playing around with some examples from the P3 library, I really like the program, there are some features like tweak (that visually helps tweak variable values), the error message (that clearly states the error in the code, instead of giving generic error 403292348 that you don't really understand). I look forward to using a lot of [libraries](https://processing.org/reference/libraries/) and the the debugger () that really makes it easy and fun to use.
I found that keeping the [Programming reference](file:///Applications/Processing.app/Contents/Java/modes/java/reference/index.html) open is quite useful while making a sketch from scratch.
#### References
- Processing story - https://medium.com/processing-foundation/a-modern-prometheus-59aed94abe85
- Processing tutorials - https://processing.org/tutorials/
- [connecting Arduino & Processing with this sparkfun guide](https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/connecting-arduino-to-processing/all#introduction)
- (Arduino + Processing) - https://www.hackster.io/hardikrathod/control-arduino-using-gui-arduino-processing-2c9c6c
- Radar Project - https://howtomechatronics.com/projects/arduino-radar-project/
- with BT module - https://randomnerdtutorials.com/getting-started-with-mit-app-inventor-2-and-arduino/
- https://howtomechatronics.com/tutorials/arduino/how-to-build-custom-android-app-for-your-arduino-project-using-mit-app-inventor/
- MIT app inventor - https://appinventor.mit.edu/
- http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/
- with python + tk - http://arduinolearning.com/code/led-control-with-arduino-and-python-tkinter.php
- http://archive.fabacademy.org/fabacademy2017/fablabsingapore/students/216/exercise16.html
- http://fab.academany.org/2020/labs/singapore/students/noel-kristian/exercise12.html
- https://eatpoopandgrowstrong.github.io/FDFAB/hub/interfacingandapplicationsprogramming.html
- Open Processing: https://openprocessing.org/
- D3js https://d3js.org/
- P5js https://p5js.org/