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Getting Started with Processing [Books] + Contest

Want to get in on the fun of creative code? We just got our hands on the latest book from the co-founders of the Processing project, Casey Reas and Ben Fry: “Getting Started with Processing”. It is absolutely perfect for those who always wanted to dive into the world of creative code but have been intimidated by the 500+ page programming books. The 200 page book is packed with examples you can dive right into. From simple drawing techniques to some more complex examples, Casey and Ben take you on a direct and easy to keep up journey through the basics of Processing. Filled with lovely illustrations by Casey and Ben, covering basic topics such as simple drawing, media, motion, functions and arrays, the book also provides a small introduction into extended processing including 3D, image export and arduino. By no means is this a programming textbook, instead as the title suggests, it will get you started and definitely get you addicted!

Guys at O’Reilly were fantastic to send us an additional copy to give away. If you’d like to enter, please see below. Alternatively the book is also available on Amazon and you can purchase it here: UK , US.

About the Authors
Casey Reas is a professor in the Department of Design Media Arts at UCLA and a graduate of the MIT Media Laboratory. Reas’ software has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Asia. With Ben Fry, he co-founded Processing in 2001. He is the co-author of Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists (2007) and Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture (2010). His work is archived at http://www.reas.com and he is available on twitter: @REAS.

Ben Fry has a doctorate from the MIT Media Laboratory and was the 2006-2007 Nierenberg Chair of Design for the Carnegie Mellon School of Design. He worked with Casey Reas to develop Processing, which won a Golden Nica from the Prix Ars Electronica in 2005. Ben’s work has received a New Media Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation, and been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Ars Electronica, the 2002 Whitney Biennial, and the 2003 Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial. His work is archived at http://benfry.com and he is is available on twitter: @ben_fry.

For more books, see CAN’s Amazon Book store.

Contest

To win a copy of “Getting Started with Processing” book, all you have to do is tweet this post:

(Make sure you follow @creativeapps so we can DM you if you are chosen)

Contest now closed. Winner is Yotam Troim aka @yottoy.

Thank you all for taking part! We had 257 entries, fantastic response!

1 Winner will be chosen by random on
Wednesday 11th August at  11.00am GMT

Rules and information

1. Postage and Packing is included. We just need your address.

2. Competition is open to everyone and anyone but you must be over 18 years of age. There will be a total of ONE winner for this competition.

3. Winner will be selected by random.

4. Winner will be contacted via email and will be asked to provide their full name and postal address. If they wish to pass on the book to another person, we will need their name and postal address. If the winner does not respond by the following Tue (18th August) we will pick another winner.

5. Only one entry per person.

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    • http://jaspervanloenen.com Jasper

      I think this is where social media tend to be overused.

      I sometimes check the Twitter feeds of some friends or people I find interesting, and I love to use it as a source for my own work (like this work in progress website, which grabs the latest tweeted YouTube video's and shows them to the visitor to create sort of a television channel http://tinyurl.com/3xbftfy).

      But I don't have a Twitter account myself. And I don't want to have one. But latelty more and more websites seem to use Twitter for things like compititions, so you're getting forced to use yet another social media website.

    • http://jaspervanloenen.com Jasper

      (ok, Twitter might not be 'yet another' social media website, but you get my drift)

    • http://www.creativeapplications.net Filip

      > Jasper, i know exactly what you mean. We nevertheless consider Twitter to be quite a big part of CAN. As you can tell in the site's sidebar you can see latest tweets + links. Large number of posts for example come from people tweeting projects they have done. Likewise, we tweet many links/updates and tips on Twitter that may be an overkill for a post. It's all part of CAN community, same as our facebook page is, our flickr group or our vimeo group. Entering contests via twitter helps CAN reach out and find more readers and likeminded peeps like yourself. Come join us on Twitter, there is a lot more of CAN there, 140 characters at a time =].. @creativeapps

    • http://inanindeterminateplace.com Nipperkin

      I also do not tweet. It means missing out on the occasional treat like this competition, but so be it.

    • http://www.kabytes.com Tamara

      I twitted! http://tinyurl.com/37vdnvu I'd love to get this book since I'm studing media arts and it would open my world a little bit more! Thanks for sharing this great price!! =D

    • Fralex2081

      Hey all, thanks for this great opportunity. I'd really love to get a copy of this book, processing combines the only two things that really passionate me, digital art and programming, so you realize why i want to know everything i can about processing. Thanks in advance.

      But i wonder if people from another countries can participate, because i'm from Venezuela. If not, well at least you have another follower. This is a great page.
      http://twitter.com/fralex2081

      PS: Sorry for any misspelling, my english is not that good :) .