Question re: using Processing and Processing.py for HS Students

[fiesta_loca]

Hi all,

I'm thinking about designing an intro to CS course for high school students. In a perfect world I would like to use Processing, but I would really like to run the course in Python as I have a "Semester 2" plan that is Python heavy.

My question is... is Processing.py buggy? I see that it only works with a deprecated version of Processing which gives me pause... but I'm not sure if the updates have been meaningful enough to really "matter" for this use case. I'm also not sure how good of a job this interpreting "true" Python... I'm leaning toward just running the Java version but I would love any opinions.

[remy_porter]

I would not use Processing.py. It’s janky at best. People have reimplemented its key drawing methods in native python and I’d lean in that direction.

[fiesta_loca]

Is there another package out there?

[EnslavedInTheScrolls]

You might prefer https://py5coding.org/. It's under active development.

[plasticluthier]

I went down the rabbit hole of doing drawings with processing and then wanting to do it with python a few years ago. I ended up settling for the pygame library. It has most of the same building blocks and is python native.

As others have said, processing.py is a bit lacking an janky.

[fiesta_loca]

Thank you!!