Processing 4.2 pdez files!!

[shiffman]

Wow! Processing 4.2 adds the new pde:// protocol which allows you to open Processing sketches in the PDE directly from the browser!! We should implement this into the site for all video pages!!

See: https://github.com/processing/processing4/releases/tag/processing-1292-4.2

cc @benfry @SableRaf

Will tackle this here first, but then I can add this to the Nature of Code website as well!

[dipamsen]

Here is a rough list of steps for implementing this to the site:

• Create .pdez compressed files for all code examples in https://github.com/CodingTrain/Coding-Challenges
• Add functionality to the website to link to pde:// urls of the .pdez files (if user has required version of Processing installed (?))
• Update content json files to link to .pdez files on GitHub

[SableRaf]

Quick update to share my reference implementation for the Open in Processing button:

https://sableraf.github.io/testURIscheme/

Notice the tooltip that serves as a fallback in case Processing is not installed.

We could also consider having a separate button for downloading the sketch.

Note: support for pde:// on Linux is still pending but this Pull Request should solve the issue: processing/processing4#696

[kfahn22]

I tried this again. I was able to open @SableRaf test case, so I used his testURIscheme with my Persian-rug sketch and it worked. Should we revisit this?

https://kfahn22.github.io/Persian-Rug/

[dipamsen]

I still face this processing/processing4#698 issue on Windows, due to which there hadn't been any progress on this earlier.

[SableRaf]

I still face this processing/processing4#698 issue on Windows, due to which there hadn't been any progress on this earlier.

Do you consider this a blocker? If so we could try looking into it, or if you'd like to submit a fix, I'll be happy to review it. We have just released Processing 4.3.1 and resuming development at processing/processing4.

[Stefterv]

A fix is ready to be merged here: processing/processing4#854

[shiffman]

Yay! I'd love to have this incorporated into the site if anyone has interest in working on it!

[kfahn22]

I have added a pull request with the Coding Challenge Processing example sketches converted to .pdez files here.

[shiffman]

@kfahn22 PR merged!

[SableRaf]

Hey @shiffman!

I just wanted to update you on the improvements to the URI schema that we are shipping in 4.4.1 (currently available in Beta) thanks to @Stefterv's amazing work 💙

The new Schema will let you dynamically create pde:// links.

It supports Base64 encoding for shorter sketches, and linking to multiple .pde or other assets.

This entirely bypasses the need to generate .pdez files and opens the door to some really fun possibilities!

See more: https://github.com/processing/processing4/blob/main/SCHEMA.md

[dipamsen]

That's very cool, the URL option is very helpful here!