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!