Introduction to p5.js
P5.js comes out of a project called Processing, a creative coding integrated development environment (IDE) software application, started in 2001 by programmers Casey Reas, Ben Fry, and Dan Shiffman.
Processing originally compiled in Java, but the project was later ported to Javascript with processing.js.
Artist and programmer Lauren McCarthy later built p5.js, which is the version of the library/framework that we will be learning.
P5.js is javascript for drawing on the webpage. It also incules support libraries for DOM manipulation and sound integration.
Some useful links:
- P5.js Home
- Dan Shiffman's Coding Train tutorials P5 and Processing
- p5 Web Editor
Edit the sketch.js file included with this coding package to get started.