vsketch VS processing

The frames' vector data is generated using a sketch made with my vsketch framework (it involves loading GeoJSON data, processing it with Shapely, and projecting it in 3D with NumPy).

There isn't a GUI, but that's by design. The CLI format facilitates the integration in automated workflows. The show command does provide a viewer for visualisation at any point in the pipeline. Also, I have another framework (based on vpype) named vsketch which is a plotter-centric python clone of Processing with a viewer and live refresh.

Matplotlib for plotter stuff seems tedious indeed ! Definitly check out vsketch, it has an API similar to processing, but focused on generating plotter-ready SVG.

pip install git+https://github.com/abey79/vsketch#egg=vsketchDefaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeableCollecting vsketch Cloning https://github.com/abey79/vsketch to /tmp/pip-install-z2f8qeqh/vsketch_476eb7b32e4a43e9ae29175d979f1267 Running command git clone --filter=blob:none -q https://github.com/abey79/vsketch /tmp/pip-install-z2f8qeqh/vsketch_476eb7b32e4a43e9ae29175d979f1267 Resolved https://github.com/abey79/vsketch to commit 1f28fa8fa491a574d04cbe80ae82f61e3b3d17fb Installing build dependencies ... done Getting requirements to build wheel ... done Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... doneCollecting vpype[all]@ git+https://github.com/abey79/vpype@e8aab428b6790de03e36cd51aa30ca0612a38d87 Cloning https://github.com/abey79/vpype (to revision e8aab428b6790de03e36cd51aa30ca0612a38d87) to /tmp/pip-install-z2f8qeqh/vpype_529e4b4779de41eb909706b17c4bafe5 Running command git clone --filter=blob:none -q https://github.com/abey79/vpype /tmp/pip-install-z2f8qeqh/vpype_529e4b4779de41eb909706b17c4bafe5 Running command git rev-parse -q --verify 'sha^e8aab428b6790de03e36cd51aa30ca0612a38d87' Running command git fetch -q https://github.com/abey79/vpype e8aab428b6790de03e36cd51aa30ca0612a38d87 Resolved https://github.com/abey79/vpype to commit e8aab428b6790de03e36cd51aa30ca0612a38d87 Installing build dependencies ... done Getting requirements to build wheel ... done Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... doneRequirement already satisfied: Shapely[vectorized]<2.0.0,>=1.7.1 in ./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from vsketch) (1.8.0)Collecting bezier>=2021.2.12 Using cached bezier-2021.2.12.tar.gz (313 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: command: /usr/bin/python -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-z2f8qeqh/bezier_a73eda2d953941fea05d9db7413b7234/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-z2f8qeqh/bezier_a73eda2d953941fea05d9db7413b7234/setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__) if os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-t3gbjrvl cwd: /tmp/pip-install-z2f8qeqh/bezier_a73eda2d953941fea05d9db7413b7234/ Complete output (1 lines): The BEZIER_INSTALL_PREFIX environment variable must be set. ----------------------------------------WARNING: Discarding https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cb/e8/0073ac3f92cbe8ced10e5e5822594a8f63b9a3dc91258c681b7ee96b80b0/bezier-2021.2.12.tar.gz#sha256=d0f752aeb420057ab761f962259c7ca00d925750e324c9bb729f2f10ad39529a (from https://pypi.org/simple/bezier/). Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement bezier>=2021.2.12 (from vsketch) (from versions: 0.0.1, 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.2.0, 0.2.1, 0.3.0, 0.4.0, 0.5.0, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.7.0, 0.8.0, 0.9.0, 0.10.0, 0.11.0, 2020.1.14, 2020.2.3, 2020.5.19, 2021.2.12)ERROR: No matching distribution found for bezier>=2021.2.12

FROM jupyter/scipy-notebook:33add21fab64 COPY --chown=${NB_UID}:${NB_GID} requirements.txt /tmp/ RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip RUN pip install --quiet --no-cache-dir git+https://github.com/abey79/vsketch#egg=vsketch RUN pip install --quiet --no-cache-dir git+https://github.com/marceloprates/prettymaps.git RUN fix-permissions "${CONDA_DIR}" && fix-permissions "/home/${NB_USER}" ENTRYPOINT ["jupyter", "lab", "--ip=0.0.0.0", "--allow-root"]

pip install git+https://github.com/abey79/vsketch#egg=vsketch

I started by using Processing, but have switched to [vsketch](https://github.com/abey79/vsketch), a Python-based framework which has a similar API to Processing. I like it because it has built-in UI for changing parameters, which I find hugely useful. Plus, it integrates with vpype, which is designed for image processing for plotters.

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I disagree. There are so many creative tools that are now online that you can access from your browser that were not envisioned in the original web. It is obviously true that not EVERY website is about creation (but to expect that seems unreasonable?), but even Wikipedia is a collaborative project.

Examples include products from big vendors like Adobe's Photoshop, to smaller products like SketchUp, to more indy generative art tools like https://processing.org and Strudel (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39924210).

Would processing[0] be a good fit? It's designed to be easy to use and learn but powerful enough for professional use. Very quick to get cool stuff moving on a screen and the syntax is Java with a streamlined editing environment.

[0] https://processing.org/

I would personally use the language Processing. It's the one I use the most. And it's relatively easy to start drawing text, squares, and do other kinds of things. (It's kind of like java, but without all the boilerplate code)

Processing (P5) had this: you can select any string of text in its IDE anl search for it in the docs, and if it's one of the built-in functions or constants it will open the associated static html page that came installed with the software, so no internet nor server required. And despite being offline you can still navigate the docs too. This feels a lost basic skill in static site generation these days.

It was the only creative coding framework that had complete, offline documentation like that at the time I might add. OpenFrameworks is still mostly autogenerated stubs for example.

IMO it was one of the things that gave Processing an edge in educational contexts over all alternatives. I was pretty sad to see p5.js not fully continue that tradition and require that you go online to read the docs, and that it's not a static website but that text is rendered with javascript when you open it (still complete and with examples though).

https://processing.org/

https://p5js.org/

Processing is very cool, especially if you like graphics.

https://processing.org/

Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code. Since 2001, Processing has promoted software literacy within the visual arts and visual literacy within technology. There are tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists who use Processing for learning and prototyping.

And it's not even their IDE. They just slapped some AVR compilers into Processing

https://processing.org/