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Cinder: The Free, Open Source C++ Library For Creative Coding

Cinder, a “peer-reviewed, free, open source C++ library for creative coding” started by the folks at The Barbarian Group, has emerged from its early beginnings as an internal resource into a powerful community of developers. As you’ll see below, Cinder is joining the likes of openFrameworks and Processing, and is worth a look for any developer itching to embrace their creative side.

We are happy to display some work that will definitely inspire you to a great extent. Take a look and then let us know your thoughts in the comments:

Mill Touch:

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Planetary:

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Urban Future Installation:

This is just a small sample of what you can do with this C++ library. For more, check out the full gallery here.

Prateek Panda

Prateek is the Founder of TheTechPanda. He's passionate about technology startups and entrepreneurship and enjoys speaking to new founders every day. Prateek has also been consistently regarded as one of the top marketing experts in the region.

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