creative python?
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- armsbottomer
This might be a longshot, but does anyone know about an application similar to processing except you code in python? I remember hearing about it a while back but forgot what its called. i think its mac only.
- armsbottomer0
nevermind, just found it, NodeBox
http://nodebox.net/
- ismith0
How does it compare? I've been experimenting with Processing and love it, but I used to do a lot of Python for web stuff mostly.
- armsbottomer0
I'm a big processing fan too. It looks like nodebox is more 2d oriented and can handle some 3d, but not nearly as robustly as processing with some of the libraries out now. I also don't think there is a way to run applets in browsers with nodebox. I guess if your creating 2d work, nodebox might be a bit more intuitive for some. I wanted to start learning some python for creative applicaitons, and from the looks of some of the creations on the nodebox website, it seems to be a great starting point.
- modern0
Nodebox is pretty impressive, much easier to program in than processing in many ways (loose typing etc) but no real 3D or Applets.
Also the libraries for it are more designer orientated than developer orientated like the amazing colour library and the grid abilities.Personally i go with Nodebox these days unless I really need the extra stuff Processing provides mostly because its a lot nicer to program in
e.g
for i in range(10):
print(i)vs the tedious Java for loop
- stupidresponse0
wow, nodebox looks great. i've always wanted to check out processing, but i know a lot more python than java, so this is perfect, thanks!