Learn JavaScript with p5.js: Coding for Visual Learners
- 2h 6m
- Engin Arslan
- Apress
- 2018
Learn coding from scratch in a highly engaging and visual manner using the vastly popular JavaScript with the programming library p5.js. The skills you will acquire from this book are highly transferable to a myriad of industries and can be used towards building web applications, programmable robots, or generative art.
You'll gain the proper context so that you can build a strong foundation for programming. This book won’t hinder your momentum with irrelevant technical or theoretical points. The aim is to build a strong, but not overly excessive knowledge to get you up and running with coding.
If you want to program creative visuals and bring that skill set to a field of your choice, then Learn JavaScript with p5.js is the book for you.
What You'll Learn
- Code from scratch and create computer graphics with JavaScript and the p5.js library
- Gain the necessary skills to move into your own creative projects
- Create graphics and interactive experiences using Processing
- Program using JavaScript and p5.js and secondarily in creating visuals
Who This Book is For
Artists or a visual designers. Also, those who want to learn the fundamentals of programming through visual examples.
About the Author
Engin Arslan is a Web Developer with a Bachelor of Science in Materials Engineering and a Postgraduate Degree in Visual Effects. Before becoming a Developer, he worked as a Visual Effects Artist / Technical Director on films and TV shows including Resident Evil, Tron, Mama, Pompeii, Vikings and Strain. He received an Emmy Nomination and won a Canadian Screen Award for his achievements in Visual Effects. During his time in VFX, he fell in love with Python and with programming in general. As a result he changed careers to be able to immerse himself completely in software development. Engin currently works at a Toronto-based digital services company, where he helps develop solutions in strategic problem spaces using emerging technologies. He also works at Seneca College as a part-time professor and creates online courses for Lynda/Linkedin and Pluralsight.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Getting Started
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Colors in p5.js
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Operators and Variables
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Conditional Statements and Comparison Operators
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More p5.js Variables
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Loops
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Functions
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Objects
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Arrays
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Events
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More on p5.js
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Final Project
