Processing

http://processingjs.org/

a port of the Processing Visualization Language

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About Processing.js

Processing.js is an open programming language for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions for the web without using Flash or Java applets. Processing.js uses Javascript to draw shapes and manipulate images on the HTML5 Canvas element. The code is light-weight, simple to learn and makes an ideal tool for visualizing data, creating user-interfaces and developing web-based games. Processing.js is explicitly developed for browsers that support the HTML5 element. Processing.js runs in FireFox, Safari, Opera and Chrome but will not be supported in Internet Explorer until Mircosoft catch up with ISSUE 15. Implementing Processing.js in Flash or Silverlight is not recommended as Java already occupies the browser-plug-in space for this library. For users wishing to run Processing.js in Silverlight, see Paul Irish's Silverlight implementation. Using Explorer Canvas with Processing.js typically results in unusable frame-rates for moderately complex visualizations. The Processing language was created by Ben Fry and Casey Reas. It evolved from ideas explored in the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab and was originally intended to be used in a Java run-time environment. In the Summer of 2008, John Resig ( inventor of jQuery ), ported the 2D context of Processing to Javascript for use in web pages. Much like the native language, Processing.js is a community driven project, and continues to grow as browser technology advances.