Contributing to p5.js
Processing Foundation Overview
Processing
- Processing
- Created by Ben Fry and Casey Reas in 2001
- Developed and maintained by volunteers
- "software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts"
Processing Foundation
- Processing Foundation
- Founded 2012 after >10 years working with Processing library
- "promote software literacy within the visual arts, and visual literacy within technology-related fields — and to make these fields accessible to diverse communities. Our goal is to empower people of all interests and backgrounds to learn how to program and make creative work with code, especially those who might not otherwise have access to these tools and resources."
- Processing Foundation on Medium
p5.js
- p5.js
- p5.js community statement
- Created in 2013 by artist Lauren McCarthy, formerly faculty at ITP but now faculty at UCLA's Digital Media Arts department.
- "What if Processing was invented in 2013?" (not just the tech landscape but cultural landscape)
- Interview with Lauren about p5.js and open source
p5.js projects
p5.js main library
p5.js web editor
p5.js Accessibility library
p5.js, how do I contribute to thee? (Let me count the ways)
Social
- teach p5!
- make video demos
- help plan 10/21 Processing Community Day (details of upcoming planning meeting)
- find ways to highlight people doing cool things with p5
- organize meetups and hackathons
Maintenance
- file bugs
- answer questions in issues
- write documentation
- participate in the p5 working group
Code