We will be using a program called Processing to create our programs. Before we can make anything, we need to open Processing.

Look for the “Processing” icon on the desktop. It should look like this:

Double click on the icon to open Processing. Once it has loaded, you should see the Processing text editor on your screen:

We use Processing to write our own programs. To write a program, we click on the white area and type our instructions. Once we have finished writing our program, we click on the Play button to run it:

We are now ready to start making our first program!