How to make a

Processing Library

Processing Library Structure

LibraryName.pdex — same as zip — used for the pde:// protocol
LibraryName.txt — same as library.properties — scraped daily by processing.org
LibraryName.zip — processing library archive
- README.md* — README ✦ optional
- LICENSE* — License ✦ optional
- library.properties — processing library properties
- library — library jars
  - LibraryName.jar — processing library jar
  - *.jar* — dependency jars ✦ optional
- src* — source code ✦ optional
- reference* — javadoc ✦ optional
- examples* — processing sketches ✦ optional

Processing Wiki — Library Guidelines

Library Properties

name = Library Name  
The name of the library
authors = [Daniel Shiffman](http://www.shiffman.net/) and Chris Kairalla    
List of  authors of the library

Links can be provided using the syntax [name](url)
url = http://username.me/library  
The  website of the library
categories = Hardware, 3D     
The  category (or categories) of the library

Categories are separated by ,
Invalid categories will default to Other

 Processing — Library Categories 
sentence = Framework for spanning Processing sketches across multiple screens.    
Short  descrption of the library
paragraph = ...     
Long  descrption of the library presented after the first sentence

Links can be provided using the syntax [name](url)
version = 64    
Revision  version number that increments once with each release
prettyVersion = 2.0.0-rc1Semantic  version displayed to the user
minRevision = 0
maxRevision = 1000      
The minimum and maximum  Processing revision  version compatible with the library 

 processing/processing4 — Revisions 
Latest revision

Processing Wiki — Library Basics · library.properties

Build Processing Library


processing-library-plugin	Recommended
processing-library-template	Manual setup

You can use these to generate the Processing library files, or make them however you’d like.

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Learn Gradle

Host Processing Library


GitHub Releases	`https://github.com/USER/REPO/releases/latest`
GitHub Pages	`https://username.github.io/REPO`

Additional hosts


Vercel	`*.vercel.app`
Netlify	`*.netlify.app`
Cloudflare Pages	`*.pages.dev`
Firebase Hosting	`*.web.app`

Submit Processing Library

Submit an Issue in processing/processing-contributions

💙 New Library
Properties File URL	`https://github.com/USER/REPO/releases/latest/download/libraryName.txt`
Home Page URL	`https://username.github.io/libraryName`
Guidelines Confirmation

Processing — Libraries