harpswellmakerspace / nodebox

Interactive, hackable graphic design application

NodeBox 3

NodeBox is a new software application for creating generative art using procedural graphics and a new way to approach graphic design.

Highlights:

• Node based -- the software uses a non-destructive workflow where every operation is represented by a visual block of code.
• Open to extend -- look and change the source of every code block.
• Python or Clojure -- Nodes can be written in popular dynamic programming languages.

For downloads, documentation and the forum, visit the website:

http://nodebox.net/

Building on Mac

If you're on Mac OS X Lion or higher, Git is already installed. For older versions, install Git first (http://git-scm.com/).

Then from the Terminal, run:

git clone git://github.com/nodebox/nodebox.git
cd nodebox
ant run

# To create a full app (the build will be in dist/mac):
ant dist-mac

Building on Windows

• Install Git.
• Install the Java SDK.
• Install Unicode NSIS.
• Install Ant.

From the command prompt, run:

# Setup the correct environment variables
set PATH=%PATH%;c:\java\apache-ant-1.8.2\bin
set JAVA_HOME=c:\java\jdk6

git clone git://github.com/nodebox/nodebox.git
# Modify build.properties to point to the correct installation paths of the JRE and NSIS.

cd nodebox
ant run

# To create a full app (the EXE will be in dist):
ant dist-win

Building on Ubuntu Linux

sudo apt-get install git-core openjdk-6-jdk ant
git clone git://github.com/nodebox/nodebox.git
cd nodebox
ant run