Processing with Lyndon Daniels


	CHAPTERS

Welcome
Online Course Outline
Table of Contents
About This Guide
Hardware and Software Theory
- What is programming?
How does programming relate to hardware and software?
Abstraction
- Speed
- Efficiency
- Disambiguation
The Unique Qualities of a Programming Language
Lower Level Languages and Higher Level Languages
An Analysis of a Computer Program
- Commands
- Expressions
A Scalable Software Development Model
- Plan
- Research
- Mockup Designs
- Data Aquisition
- Filter
- Clustering and Data Mining
- Parsing
- Determining Flow of Control through Stepwise Refinement
- Implement, Test and Document. Repeat.
- Deliver
Why Learn Programming using Processing?
- Code For Artists
- Java Based
- Open Source
- PDE
- Active Online Community
Hello Processing
- Install Processing
- Sketches
Hello World Program 1.0
- The println() function
- Syntax and Syntax Errors
- Logical Errors
- Display Window
- The size() function
- Standardized Coding Practices
Quiz 1
Visual Representations of Code
- The Cartesian Graph and the Processing Coordinate System
- Hello Display Window: Hello World 1.1
- The text() function
- Program Notes
- Formatting Text
  - Color
- Drawing
- Smile
  - Angles In Processing
  - Editing the smile
- Adding Eyes
- Drawing Irregular Shapes
  - Order, order!
- Finishing the Sketch
The Design and Layout Program
- Program Notes for Interface01.pde
  - PDE Tools Menu
Quiz 2
Beyond Static Sketches and on to Active mode
- Methods, functions and their contexts
The setup() function
The draw() function
Experimentation
Datatyping
- Variables
  - Variable Scope
Interacting with images
- Friction simulation
  - Variable naming conventions
- Planning and Pre-Debugging
- Implementing a Programmatic Solution
  - Constraining Values
Branching
- The if() structure
- Relational Operators
- Comparison
- Extending the if() structure with else
- Extending the if() construct with if else if else
- Logical Operators
Interface Controls: Setting up a Slider
User Defined Functions
- Creating a user defined function
The mystery shape maker
Arrays
- Program Notes
- Dynamic assignment for elements in an Array
Iterations
Quiz 3
Transforms
- Transforming Coordinate Space
- A Convenient Animation System
- pushMatrix() and popMatrix()
- What is the Transformation Matrix
- A Programmatic Solution For Rotating Wheels
An Introduction to 3D in Processing
- 3D Primitives
Guess My Number Game
Object Oriented Programming
- The concept of a class
- The Blueprint Analogy
- Why use Object Oriented Programming
- Creating a Class
A Button Class
- Class Name
- Fields
- Constructor
- Methods
- Object Instantiation
Working with external data
Social Commentary Visualization
Attribution
- Images
Source Files Downloads
Contact


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