Tim Rodenbröker
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Yes, you can work with Processing directly from the Terminal / Command Line! 💾
🕑 Added 2025-07-25 14:00:19 +0000 UTCHi! ☀️
i hope you are doing good. Did you know that you can run Processing sketches directly from your Terminal, without the Processing Editor? In this session I made an experiment: How could a competely terminal based Creative Coding workflow with Processing look like? I started with just a little bit of knowledge and tried to get this up and running. In the process I've used VIM as a code editor and ffmpeg to merge all the generated png files to a gif.
I don't know why, but I really resonate with the terminal. It's this magical place where it feels like going closer to the core of the computer and speaking with it its genuine language. That's actually what I mean when I talk about "demystifying technology" :-)
What do you think? Should I create a course on that topic? Any tips how I could streamline my process? Let me know in the comments.
I wish you a wonderful weekend,
Tim
Links
https://www.dsfcode.com/using-processing-via-the-command-line/
https://discourse.processing.org/t/run-processing-code-from-the-terminal/43673
Comments
Tim Rodenbröker
Great, thanks for your feedback Nadine!
Nadine Marie
Yes! Would love to learn more about how to use the terminal for creative coding!
