Resources for teaching programming
for artists, designers and architects (repository)
Extended table of Hosts, Platforms & Languages
- Drawing or 3D modeling software that embeds a scripting language on the user interface or allows automation with a very limited number of steps between programming and code execution.
- Tools aimed at teaching programming in a visual or graphic context.
- [Ad hoc: tools that have shown potential for teaching in a visual or graphic context.]
| SORTABLE VIEW OF THE TABLE | CSV on GitHub | raw CSV |
An earlier version of this table was published as: VILLARES, A. B. A., & MOREIRA, D. (2017). Python on the Landscape of Programming Tools for Design and Architectural Education. Presented at the SIGRADI 2017, Concepcíon, Chile.
Processing + Python tools table
| Name | Processing features | based on (& Python version) | Python standard library | libraries ecosystem | main features | main limitations | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Processing Python Mode | Processing Java | Jython (Python 2) | complete | Java & Processing Java | available inside Processing IDE, very Processing compatible | no web deployment, no modern Python libs | p5py | a new inplementation (incomplete) | Python 3 | complete | Python only | truly Python compatible | no web deployment, still incomplete | pyp5js (transcrypt mode) | p5.js | Transcrypt (Python 3) | incomplete | JavaScript & p5.js | web ready sketches, very p5js compatible and nice browser editor| JS libraries only, p5.js features only (compared to Processing Java/Python modes) | pyp5js (pyodide mode)| p5.js | Pyodide (Python 3) | complete | Python, JavaScript & p5.js | web ready sketches! very p5.js compatible & very Python compatible | Experimental, p5.js features only (compared to Processing Java/Python modes) | SkulptIDE and trinket.io | ProcessingJS | Skulpt (Python 2, going to 3 now) | partial | unknown, possibly JavaScript | very nice web IDE, browser based sketches | ProcessingJS is defunct; not extensible BrythonIDE | p5.js | Brython (Python 3) | fairly complete| JavaScript & p5.js | browser IDE, browser based sketches & very p5.js compatible | p5.js features only (compared to Processing Java/Python modes) | p5py.com | p5.js | Brython (Python 3) | fairly complete| JavaScript & p5.js | browser IDE, browser based sketches & very p5.js compatible | p5.js features only (compared to Processing Java/Python modes) |
Books and references
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