Processing 4.5.0

The new Processing beta is out, right in time for your holiday sketching needs!

It includes a brand new design for the Preferences and Welcome screens, plus a set of bug fixes (see below).

What's Changed 🎊

Enhancements

• Welcome screen by @Stefterv in #1353
• New Preferences Screen by @Stefterv in #1318
• Decoupling Base.getSketchbookFolder() by @Stefterv in #1334
• Survey indicator by @Stefterv in #1348
• Also look into the modules folder for native jars by @Stefterv in #1345

Bug Fixes

• General cleanup of Base by @Stefterv in #1299
• Fix duplicate include for app:utils module by @Stefterv in #1285
• Enable automatic release for Maven Central publishing by @Stefterv in #1286
• Add .kotlin to gitignore by @Stefterv in #1333
• Fix compose Locale by @Stefterv in #1349
• Reload legacy Preferences after saving by @Stefterv in #1356
• Load supported locales from locales.txt file by @Stefterv in #1360
• Welcome Screen + Prefs QA by @Stefterv in #1362
• Rewrite of the Base.getSettingsFolder() and Platform.getSettingsFolder() by @Stefterv in #1335

Documentation

• More details surrounding JEditTextArea by @Stefterv in #1012
• Move contributor list to CONTRIBUTORS.md by @SableRaf in #1313
• Update BUILD.md with build failure troubleshooting by @SableRaf in #1317
• Add AGENTS.md and AI usage policy by @SableRaf in #1319

Full Changelog: processing-1310-4.4.10...processing-1311-4.5.0