Processing

Processing

Paradigm	Object-oriented
Designed by	Casey Reas, Ben Fry
First appeared	2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Stable release	4.3 / July 26, 2023; 15 months ago (2023-07-26)[1]
License	GPL, LGPL
Filename extensions	.pde
Website	processing.org

Processing is a free graphics library and integrated development environment (IDE) built for the electronic arts, new media art, and visual design communities with the purpose of teaching non-programmers the fundamentals of computer programming in a visual context.

Processing uses the Java language, with additional simplifications such as additional classes and aliased mathematical functions and operations. It also provides a graphical user interface for simplifying the compilation and execution stage.

The Processing language and IDE have been the precursor to other projects including Arduino and Wiring.