Three frameworks developers should know about

Skrevs: February 10th, 2012 | Av: anders | Kategori: Mobile | Taggad: , , , , , | Inga kommentarer »

Arduino

Want to create some wild installation or build a cool gadget?

There is a lot more that can be done with external hardware and frameworks that previously mainly has been used for web and installations. Here’s the top three open source frameworks I would recommend any creative or developer to check out. Get some inspiration and take it to the mobile field perhaps?

1. OpenFrameworks

Great C++ Open Source framework for working with interactivity. There’s now a iPhone-adapted version which makes it super-easy to for example create gesture controlled software in your iPhone app. Or doing real-time image-analysis in general.

2. Processing

Images, animations and interaction – handle it all by using the similar-to-Javascript Processing language and framework.

3. Arduino

Want to work with hardware? Want to create something awesome that no one ever done before? Something you dreamt about as a kid? Something that’s fun but perhaps idiotic? Create an iPhone app that fetches a beer from your fridge or an interactive artwork installation in your bed room?