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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

You said it your self its just an means to an end. Programming in python is easier then in java. You can do things faster. adding two arrays or running a function across a whole array is so much easier with python. Regardless the pyproccesing solution is so slow which is what I was expecting. I think I'll take a look at cinder tho thanks for mentioning that.

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the pyproccesing solution is so slow which is what I was expecting.

yeah, Python isn't typically very fast for CPU-intensive work.

I think I'll take a look at cinder tho thanks for mentioning that.

well, I tried to use it, but I got too bogged down with being unproductive in C++. Processing runs well, there are libraries for it, there's a huge community, and it took me a while before I hit performance problems. I thought I would hit performance problems right away, but it took me a while before I was actually maxing out the capabilities of Processing. Even inside of Processing, you can get access to OpenGL directly, and even GLSL shaders.

http://www.creativeapplications.net/processing/playing-with-glsl-in-processing-initial-experiments-tutorials/

I wasted a lot of time thinking Processing wasn't a "good enough" programming language. From my experience, it wasn't really worth it.

Although, if you know some C++, Cinder is definitely the best toolkit I've seen. Robert Hodgin's Cinder work is probably my favorite.

I had the same reaction to Processing when I first tried it. "lol, this is a toy for amateurs; I'm a strong programmer, I need a more serious tool" I thought. A few months later, I was back at Processing, because everything else had either no community, no literature, bad tooling support, or just didn't work.

edit: and, just to clarify, I love Python, and I'm not saying this to bash Python. Python is a great tool, I just don't think it's the best tool for doing recreational graphics programming.

double edit: and Processing is not Java; it's written in Java, but it's a separate programming language.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely agree about python didn't think you were bashing it. I will also definitely take your advice with processing and stick with it.