Assignment 4 Extra Help / Resources

This is the extra help / resources page for lab assignment 4.

Help / Assistance

The Processing Web site: http://processing.org/

See especially:
- Tutorials: https://processing.org/tutorials/
- Reference: https://processing.org/reference/
- Examples: Use the "File" | "Examples" in the Processing application.
Color Pickers:

(There are a large number of these online -- this is only a sampling.)
- W3Schools Color Picker: http://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp
- Color Hex Codes: http://www.color-hex.com/
- Rapid Tables (hex and RGB values): http://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/RGB_Color.htm
JSON Viewers:

(There are a large number of these online. Here's a favorite.)
- Code Beautify JSON Viewer

Example Code -- From Assignment

Example Code -- From Lecture

The 'for' loop example program from 11/11
The insta slideshow example from 11/13
- requires Instagram export: see: Get everything you've ever posted to Instagram in JSON format at What's In Your Instagram Data Dump And How To Get It

Other Things You Might Want To Visualize For Extra Credit

(Or for a final project.)

Get everything you've ever posted to Instagram in JSON format: What's In Your Instagram Data Dump And How To Get It
Public API Directory -- to make this a manageable task within this assignment, look for APIs that say "Auth = No"

Detailed Technical Reference

The JSON data interchange standard: http://www.json.org/ (a.k.a. the rules for why JSON files look the way they do.)
The Processing core javadoc: http://processing.github.io/processing-javadocs/core/ (another way to look through the documentation for Processing, with more technical details.)

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