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Resources for teaching programming for artists, designers and architects
Resources for teaching programming
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An earlier version of this table was published as: VILLARES, A. B. A., & MOREIRA, D. (2017). Python on the Landscape of Programming Tools for Design and Architectural Education. Presented at the SIGRADI 2017, Concepcíon, Chile.
Extended table of Hosts, Platforms & Languages
- Drawing or 3D modeling software that embeds a scripting language on the user interface or allows automation with a very limited number of steps between programming and code execution.
- Tools aimed at teaching programming in a visual or graphic context.
- [Ad hoc: tools that have shown potential for teaching in a visual or graphic context.]
| SORTABLE VIEW OF THE TABLE | CSV on GitHub | raw CSV |
Processing + Python tools table
| Name | Processing features | based on (& Python version) | Python standard library | libraries ecosystem | main features | main limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Processing Python Mode | Processing Java | Jython (Python 2) | complete | Java & Processing Java | available inside Processing IDE, very Processing compatible | no web sharing/deployment, no modern Python libs |
| p5py | a new inplementation (incomplete) | Python 3 | complete | Python only | truly Python compatible | New names (for those used to Processing), experimental, still incomplete, no access to Processing Java libraries |
| pyp5js✱ (pyodide or transcrypt mode) | p5.js | Python 3 via Pyodide or Transcrypt | complete | Python, JavaScript & p5.js | web ready sketches & editor, very p5.js compatible & pyodide makes it very Python compatible | Experimental, still incomplete, p5.js features (as opposed to Processing Java/Python modes) |
| SkulptIDE and trinket.io | ProcessingJS | Skulpt (Python 2, going to 3 now) | partial | unknown, possibly JavaScript | very nice web IDE, browser based sketches | ProcessingJS is defunct; not extensible |
| BrythonIDE and p5py.com | p5.js | Brython (Python 3) | fairly complete | JavaScript & p5.js | browser IDE, browser based sketches & very p5.js compatible | p5.js features (as opposed to Processing Java/Python modes) |
| py5✱ | Processing Java 4 via JPype | Python 3 | complete | Python & Java* | truly Python 3 compatible for libraries, can be used on Jupyter notebooks, same core capabilities as Processing Java | New names (for those used to Processing), experimental, maybe some Processing Java libraries might not work |
✱ these are the ones I'm using most!
More FLOSS + Python options to explore
3D
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FreeCAD — Your own 3D parametric modeler
- It has great a Python interactive console, bult-in editor (macro panel) and can also be used for 2D.
- Blender — Blender's Python API
- OpenSCAD + Python tools:
- CADQuery & CQ-Editor — A Python parametric CAD scripting framework
- PyPlasm — Python version of the PLASM 3D modeling functional language
- VPython — A 3D programming environment for Python:
- sdf — A Python library to generate 3D meshes based on SDFs (Signed Distance Functions)
2D
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ShoeBot — A great creative coding environment designed for making vector graphics and animations
- Related to the DrawBot/NodeBox1/PlotDevice family of tools.
- guizero — A really easy Python GUI library (based on Tkinter)
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Bezmerizing — Allison Parrish's wonderful tiny library
- based on Flat — Generative infrastructure for Python
- PageBot — Scriptable page layout, vector graphics and typography environment
- Pero — A unified Python API for multiple drawing backends
- generativepy — Generative art and graphing library based on PyCairo
- vsketch — A plotter-centric Python generative art toolkit
Books and references
- Allen Downey's Think Python 2e EN / Pense em Python 2e PT
- Tristan Bunn's Learn Pyhon Visually and other wonderful resources, including Processing.py in Ten Lessons and the thonny-py5mode plugin EN
- Al Sweigart's Automate the Boring Stuff and many other open resources EN
- Jake VanderPlas' Whirlwind Tour of Python EN
- My own open resources for teaching, in Portuguese Introdução à programação com Python em um contexto visual PT
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