ʻO ke kaʻina hana he polokalamu sketchbook maʻalahi a he ʻōlelo no ke aʻo ʻana i ke code i loko o ka pōʻaiapili o nā kiʻi ʻike. Mai ka makahiki 2001, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Processing i ka heluhelu ʻana i nā polokalamu i loko o ka ʻike kiʻi a me ka heluhelu ʻike maka i loko o ka ʻenehana. He ʻumi kaukani o nā haumāna, nā mea pena kiʻi, nā mea hoʻolālā, nā mea noiʻi, a me nā mea leʻaleʻa e hoʻohana ana i ka Processing no ke aʻo ʻana a me ka prototyping.