Welcome to IAT 800

Hi everybody,

Welcome to IAT 800 course. I am your TA. My name is Ty Mey (Timmy) Eap. The interesting part in this course is development platform, Processing. I am an expert Java programmer, but I am as eager as you are to find out the benefit of using Processing as the development platform.

Processing is Java graphic development platform (toy???) that has extended graphic libraries such as 3D drawing, OpenGL, etc. Processing frame/applet is constrained within a Java canvas. Therefore, it does not support other Java toolboxes (i.e. TextField, TextArea, ComboBox, etc). Clearly, Processing has many limitations. We must think in term of graphic, when designing an application on Processing platform. Basically, we need to draw something onto the canvas and capture and process users’ action event through key or mouse action. On the other hands, these limitations will force you to use imagination to achieve your design goals.

Cheers,

Ty Mey (Timmy) Eap Email: teap@sfu.ca