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Design By Numbers (DBN) was developed for teaching general programming concepts to artists and designers with no prior programming experience. DBN is an extremely minimal language and environment, thus making it easy to learn but limited in its potential for creating advanced applications.

DBN was originated by John Maeda, director of the Aesthetics + Computation Group (ACG) at the MIT Media Laboratory. Processing originated in the ACG and many years of experience developing and teaching with DBN informed its development.

DBN is free and can run inside a web browser. More information is available at http://dbn.media.mit.edu
 
 
  Processing Design By Numbers
  background(0);
background(255); 		Paper 100
Paper 0
  background(255, 204, 0); N/A
  stroke(255);
stroke(0); 		Pen 0
Pen 100
  stroke(255, 204, 0); N/A
  fill(0, 102, 153); N/A
     
 
  Processing Design By Numbers
  point(30, 20); Set [30 20] 0
  line(0, 20, 80, 20); Line 0 20 80 20
  rect(10, 20, 30, 30); Field 0 20 40 50 100
     
 
  Processing Design By Numbers
  set(30, 20, 255); Set [30 20] 100
  a = get((60, 10); Set a [60 10]
  pixels[y*width+x] [x y]
     
 
  Processing Design By Numbers
  int x = 70;  // Initialize
x = 30;  // Change value		 Set X 70  // Initialize
Set X 30  // Change value
  float x = 70.0;  
x = 30.0;		 N/A
  int[] a = {5, 10, 11};
a[0] = 12;  // Reassign		 set <array 1> 5
set <array 2> 10
set <array 3> 11

set <array 1> 12  // Reassign
     
 
  Processing Design By Numbers
  void draw() {
  // Statements
} 		Forever
{
  // Statements
}
  for(int a=45; a<=55; a++) {
  // Statements
} 		Repeat A 45 55
{
  // Statements
}
  if(c==1) {
  // Statements
} 		Same? C 1
{
  // Statements
}
  if(c!=1) {
  // Statements
} 		NotSame? C 1
{
  // Statements
}
  if(c < 1) {
  // Statements
} 		Smaller? C 1
{
  // Statements
}
  if(c >= 1) {
  // Statements
} 		NotSmaller? C 1
{
  // Statements
}
  if((c >= 1) && (c < 20)) {
  // Statements
}		 NotSmaller? C 1
{
  Smaller? C 20
  {
    // Statements
  }
}
 

if(c >= 20) {
  // Statements 1
} else if (c == 0) {
  // Statements 2
} else {
  // Statements 3
}

N/A
     
 
  Processing Design By Numbers
  // Comment // Comment
  void doIt(int x) {
  // Statements
}

doIt(x); 		Command doIt X
{
  // Statements
}

<doIt X>
  int square(int x) {
  return x*x;
}

square(X); 		Number Square X
{
   value (x*x)
}

<square X>
     
 
  Processing Design By Numbers
  mouseX
mouseY
mousePressed
 <Mouse 1>
<Mouse 2>
<Mouse 3>
  void mousePressed() {
  // Statements
} 		N/A
  (key=='a') 
(key=='b') 
...
 <Key 1>
<Key 2>
...
  void keyPressed() {
  // Statements
} 		N/A
  hour()
minute()
second() 		<Time 1>
<Time 2>
<Time 3>
     

Processing >> Design By Numbers by Josh Nimoy










 
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