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+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const path = require('path');
+const glob = require('fast-glob');
+
+// Define the source and destination directories
+const from = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'processing-examples');
+const to = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'content', 'examples');
+
+/**
+ * This script updates the .pdez files for the examples
+ **/
+const updatePdezFiles = async () => {
+  if (!examplesRepoExists()) {
+    console.error(
+      'To run this script, you must have the processing-examples repo next to the processing-website repo on your computer.'
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Find examples in both the examples repo and this repo
+  const fromExamples = findExamples(from);
+  const toExamples = findExamples(to);
+
+  const missingFrom = diffExamples(toExamples, fromExamples);
+  const missingTo = diffExamples(fromExamples, toExamples);
+  const portExamples = fromExamples.filter(
+    (example) => !missingTo.includes(example)
+  );
+
+  if (missingTo.length > 0) {
+    console.log(
+      'Examples from processing-examples that are not in the website:'
+    );
+    console.log('(These need to be manually added to the website)');
+    missingTo.map((example) => console.log(`- ${example.path}`));
+    console.log('');
+  }
+
+  if (missingFrom.length > 0) {
+    console.log(
+      'Examples from the website that are not in processing-examples:'
+    );
+    console.log('(These should probably be deleted from the website)');
+    missingFrom.map((example) => console.log(`- ${example.path}`));
+    console.log('');
+  }
+
+  if (portExamples.length > 0) {
+    console.log(
+      'Examples that are in both repos and will be updated with the script:'
+    );
+    portExamples.map((example) => console.log(`- ${example.path}`));
+    console.log('');
+  }
+
+  // Perform the update
+  await performPdezFilesUpdate(portExamples);
+
+  console.log('.pdez files updated successfully!');
+};
+
+/**
+ * Finds all main example files that are of format CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY/EXAMPLE/EXAMPLE.pde
+ **/
+const findExamples = (folder) => {
+  const files = glob.sync('**/*.pde', { cwd: folder });
+  const examples = [];
+  files.forEach((file) => {
+    const split = file.split(path.sep);
+    const basename = path.basename(file, '.pde');
+
+    if (split.length === 4 && split[2] === basename) {
+      examples.push({
+        category: split[0],
+        subcategory: split[1],
+        path: file,
+        name: basename,
+        dirname: path.dirname(file),
+      });
+    }
+  });
+  return examples;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Finds all the examples from examples1 missing from examples2
+ **/
+const diffExamples = (examples1, examples2) => {
+  const missing = [];
+  loop1: for (let i = 0; i < examples1.length; i++) {
+    for (let j = 0; j < examples2.length; j++) {
+      if (examples1[i].path === examples2[j].path) {
+        continue loop1;
+      }
+    }
+    missing.push(examples1[i]);
+  }
+  return missing;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether the processing-examples repo is next to this repo
+ **/
+const examplesRepoExists = () => fs.existsSync(from);
+
+/**
+ * Perform the update of .pdez files
+ **/
+const performPdezFilesUpdate = async (examples) => {
+  for (let i = 0; i < examples.length; i++) {
+    const example = examples[i];
+
+    // Generate .pdez file content based on the example
+    const pdezContent = generatePdezContent(example);
+
+    // Write the .pdez file to the example folder
+    const pdezFilePath = path.join(to, example.dirname, `${example.name}.pdez`);
+    await fs.writeFile(pdezFilePath, pdezContent);
+
+    console.log(`Updated .pdez file for ${example.path}`);
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Generate .pdez file content for an example
+ **/
+const generatePdezContent = (example) => {
+  // Modify this function to generate .pdez content based on your requirements
+  // Use example's properties to customize the content
+  return `
+    {
+      "name": "${example.name}",
+      "title": "${example.title}",
+      "author": "${example.author}",
+      "level": "${example.level}",
+      "order": "${example.order}",
+      "description": "${example.description}",
+      "featured": ${JSON.stringify(example.featured)}
+    }
+  `;
+};
+
+// Run the updatePdezFiles function
+updatePdezFiles();