Py5 vs Processing.py

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Processing.py is great (but use it with Processing 3.5.4), but I’m inclined to recommend py5 over Processing.py moving forward. A few reasons –

  • py5 uses JPype (over Jython), which means it supports Python 3.8+ (not Python 2.7) and libraries with C-bindings (like NumPy).
  • py5 opts for snake_case over camelCase, and there are some other differences – but it’s easy enough to switch between the two if you’re familiar with one of them.
  • py5 is far more actively maintained right now (and I’d reckon growing in users), whereas Processing.py hasn’t seen a GitHub commit since January this year.

py5 is a lot newer than Processing.py, and this forum section is named “Proccessing.py”, which would explain why there are more posts on the latter.

There are other Python-Processing tools out there. If you’d like an overview of Processing.py, py5, and the rest, you can watch this 20-min presentation (dtppl_presentation.mp4): https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3532836.3536231#sec-supp

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