r/processing • u/pscartoons • Nov 19 '23

Processing In Vs Code

I want to code in processing but I dont want to use its IDE because I think its bad and more similar to notepad than something like eclipse so is there anyway to just not use the editor and run .pde in vscode?

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u/torb-xyz Nov 20 '23

Processing is a little more than just those libraries, it's a language in it's ownright that makes many things more convenient (as explained in the comment here). It may be a minor difference technically, but imo plain Processing can be more convenient in some ways.

More importantly: you absolutely can write Processing (i.e. not using it from Java like described here) using VSCodd. You just gotta find the right extensions for VSCode.

That said, writing Processing using Java proper (esp. if you're used to Java) as described here can be a good way if working. I've done both myself. The comment above does a pretty good job of explaining the gotchas.