How do I import Processing libraries in Visual Studio Code?

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I’m using processing in visual studio code, and want to import a library.

Since visual studio code lacks the contribution manager found in the processing IDE, I’m not sure how to do it. As far as I understand, libraries are meant to be located in a “libraries” folder within the sketch folder.

I want to import the sound library, and have found the git for it here: processing-sound/src/processing/sound at main · processing/processing-sound · GitHub

Now, do I just copy files from the git to my libraries folder? If yes, what files needs to be included? Are there other steps I need to take, like setting up a setup file for instance?

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Hello,

Assuming you are using (from your other post):

Install libraries with the Processing IDE first or manually.

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If it works in the Processing IDE you can then run it with VS Code as the editor and launch it.

This helped me get started:

:)

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Thanks for the feedback, I looked at the Processing IDE file structure as reference and found that the Sound library needs to be located in the Documents/Processing/libraries folder, not the sketch folder.

In case someone run into the same problem as me, I incidentally had the same sketch file name as a class in the sound library causing an error when building the sketch. Changing sketch/folder name fixed it.

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Hey @Erik! Our pr05 grantee @diyaayay is currently working on a new VSCode extension for Processing 4. Would you be interested to check out the prototype when it’s ready for testing?

—Raphaël

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