Support static mode

[sofian]

Nature of issue?

• Found a bug
• Existing feature enhancement
• New feature request

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• Color
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New feature details:

P5.js does not currently support "static" mode which allows sketches that do not contain functions setup() and draw() to work.

There was a discussion about this on the old repository:
processing/p5.js-editor#104

Static mode is an interesting feature when introducing students to Processing. I wonder if it would even be possible to make it work but I'd be happy to give it a try if this is something you believe would be a benefit. I personally feel it makes many students feel like it is an empowering feature tof Processing especially for beginners, as it allows to build confidence early on. I usually begin my classes with an empty sketch and show them that this still produces a gray-background canvas, and we build from there.

[lmccart]

yes, a good point. we also discussed it at length here and here. as of now we would like to stick by the decision not to support non-setup/draw mode, but an issue could be opened on the forthcoming web editor if this is of interest.

[sofian]

Thanks. I have opened an issue on P5.js editor: processing/p5.js-web-editor#448