Next Assignment - ITPNYU/ICM-2024-Code GitHub Wiki
Week 7
RESOURCES FROM CLASS
TEST YOURSELF
ASK
- Post at least 1 question here. Need help on asking a question?
example questions)
Questions (READ / WATCH
- Videos: Images/Video 11.1-11.8 - Focus on videos 11.1 and 11.3
- Chapter 7 in Getting Started with P5.js through Ex 7-9 | Code
- p5VideoKit for Video Mixing Effects
- Full Resources
Week 6
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RESOURCES FROM CLASS
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TEST YOURSELF
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DO: EXPLAIN 1 THING.
- Prepare a 5-minute technical presentation of one of your sketches.
- Focus on what's happening in your sketch computationally. Clarify the vocabulary you will use. Write out what you're going to say and prepare any diagrams that will help you explain what's going on. See my demo video (It is much longer than the time you will have!)
- Give yourself time to properly demo 1 aspect of your sketch.
- Explain 1 thing you learned in making your sketch. Talk about what programming concept(s) you are using (e.g. objects and arrays, nested for loops, toggle logic, portable functions)
- Write down what you're going to say ahead of time. Prepare diagrams to help get your point across!
- OPTIONS FOR WHAT TO DO:
- Take this opportunity to really clean-up your code. You don’t even need to add any functionality!
- Add descriptive comments.
- Carefully name your variables and functions.
- Remove unnecessary repetition.
- Mash up a couple of your past assignments into a new sketch.
- Try incorporating arrays and classes with a sketch that has lots of something (balls, sheep, eyes).
- IF you are already working with classes/objects and arrays:
- Re-organize / break-down your classes into the "smallest functional units" possible.
- Try different ways to have your objects "communicate" with each other in some way.
- Take this opportunity to really clean-up your code. You don’t even need to add any functionality!
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READ / WATCH
- Videos 8.1-8.10(~2 hours)
- Focus on the basics, videos 8.1, 8.2, 8.4 (~30 minute)
- More resources from syllabus
- p5.dom section of Chapter 13.4-13.6 in Getting Started with P5.js
- Videos 8.1-8.10(~2 hours)
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Examples
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ASK
- Post at least 1 question here. Need help on asking a question?
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Homework Links
- Your Name -- [Title of Blog Post](Link to Blog Post), [Title of Sketch](Link to Sketch) -- any other
Week 5
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RESOURCES FROM CLASS:
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REQUIRED ASSESSMENT ON LOOPS (1 of 2):
- Location: Common Area outside of Room 426
- There is no time-limit, however give yourself at least 30 minutes.
- Topic: Loops. However it assumes basic knowledge of p5 drawing functions, variables and conditionals.
- Available windows of time:
- Friday Oct 4 12-4PM
- Monday Oct 7 12 - 2:30PM
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TEST YOURSELF
- Complete the Worksheet
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DO: Functions are the basic unit of labor in your code. Take a sketch you’ve already done and re-organize the code into functional units of labor that you define. You can also conceive of an entirely new world of labor. What kinds of labor does it take to make your sketch run?
- Aim to keep
setup()
anddraw()
as clean as possible, and do everything (calculations, drawing, etc.) in functions that you define. - Take care to name your functions precisely and accurately. Whenever possible, use verbs to name your functions. A good test of whether your functions are well-named is: Can someone else comment in/out individual function calls and predict what behaviors will start / stop working in your sketch?
- Challenge goal: Write a re-usable function, a function you can call in multiple ways to do the same thing slightly differently each time.
- Aim to keep
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READ / WATCH
- Video 2.3 on JavaScript Object Literals (~10m)
- Videos 6.1-6.3, 7.1-7.7(~2h)
- More resources and code examples
- Getting Started with p5.js chapters 10-11
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Examples
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ASK
- Post at least 1 question here. Need help on asking a question?
Homework Links
- Your Name -- [Title of Blog Post](Link to Blog Post), [Title of Sketch](Link to Sketch) -- any other
Week 4
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RESOURCES FROM CLASS:
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TEST YOURSELF: Complete Worksheet 4
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DO: Our ability to see patterns is what makes us human. However we also see patterns where none exist because our brains are biased towards detecting certain kinds of patterns over others (e.g. faces). Create a pattern by making something with a lot of repetition. Is the resulting pattern easy to see or hard to see? What would it mean to create the illusion of pattern? Can you predict what the pattern will be when you run your code or does it surprise you? You could take something you've already done where there was a lot of repetition in the code (e.g. your self-portrait) and see if you can re-write it using a loop so that instead of 28 lines of code that call rect(), you have 1 line of code calls rect() inside of a loop that goes around 28 times. How do you need to rework the way you position that rect() in order to make it work in a loop? Try creating an algorithmic design with simple parameters. (One example is 10PRINT, example code).
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READ / WATCH
- Videos 5.1-5.3(~40min) in the learning p5.js series.
- Getting Started with p5.js chapters 9-10
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RUN CODE
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ASK * Post at least 1 question here. Need help on asking a question? * Name (optional): Question
Homework Links
- Your Name -- [Title of Blog Post](Link to Blog Post), [Title of Sketch](Link to Sketch) -- any other comments
Week 3
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RESOURCES FROM CLASS:
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TEST YOURSELF: Complete Worksheet 3
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DO: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both... Life is full of difficult choices, use conditional statements to control the flow of your programs. Create a sketch that asks people to make difficult choices that have surprising consequences.
- Which choices are easier, harder? Which choices are false choices?
- What internal or external factors influence the choice? How do others’ choices affect your choices?
- What choices surprise you with unexpected outcomes?
- Can you combine choices to create hard-to-predict results? (Hint: Use && and ||)
- Work in Pairs Can you divide an idea into two parts and combine those parts? (e.g. One of you codes the input behaviors (if statement) and the other one codes the output behaviors (what to do if it’s true.) Can you swap sketches and riff off of your partner's work? Provide 1 sketch link per pair, however clearly describe who did what in the code.
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READ / WATCH
- Videos 4.1-4.2(~25min) in the learning p5.js series. | Code
- Chapter 4.5-4.13 of Getting Started with p5.js book | Ebook (free with NYU Library login) | Code
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ASK
- Post at least 1 question below. Examples of good questions...
Homework Links: 1 Sketch Per Pair
- Your Name -- [Title of Blog Post](Link to Blog Post), [Title of Sketch](Link to Code) -- any other comments
Week 2
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RESOURCES FROM CLASS:
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TEST YOURSELF: (Only use what we've learned so far: calling p5 functions and variables.) Worksheet Post a url to your answers on the Google Doc.
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DO:
- Consider the following cliches / pearls of wisdom: No man is an island. There is no such thing as a new idea. Everything is related to everything else. It’s all relative. The world is defined through relationships and those relationships shape our perspectives. Use variables to build in some relationships between two or more elements in your sketch and think about how the perception of what’s happening is different depending on which element's perspective you take on. Think about:
- What’s related to what?
- How are they related?
- Is it a positive or negative relationship? Example sketch.
- Is it an amplifying or diminishing relationship? Example sketch.
- You should definitely take a mathematical approach to answering these questions but you can also take a figurative, metaphorical approach.
- The elements common to all of your sketches are: position, dimensions, stroke thickness, color values. Can you relate one or more of these elements to:
- itself over time (so it changes over time)
- a different element in your sketch
- frameCount (which frame of animation is now)
- mouseX or mouseY or the combined (mouseX, mouseY) mouse position
- or something else!
- You can revisit your self-portrait to build relationships (link the eyeballs together!) or create something new.
- Consider the following cliches / pearls of wisdom: No man is an island. There is no such thing as a new idea. Everything is related to everything else. It’s all relative. The world is defined through relationships and those relationships shape our perspectives. Use variables to build in some relationships between two or more elements in your sketch and think about how the perception of what’s happening is different depending on which element's perspective you take on. Think about:
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WATCH, READ, RUN CODE:
- Watch Conditionals 3.1 - 3.4 ~1hr
- Getting Started with p5: Chapter 5 (Response). | Chapter 5 Code
- Go further with Transformations (Optional)
- Transformations Video Tutorials
- Getting Started with p5: Chapters 6 (Transformations) and 8.10-8.15 (More complex motion)
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ASK
- Post at least 1 question below. Examples of good questions...
Homework Links
- Boaty McBoatface -- [blog post](url to blog), [zoog]
Week 1
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RESOURCES FROM CLASS:
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SET UP:
- Sign up for a Github Account. You need it to edit this wiki page.
- Log into a p5.js web editor account with your github account.
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DO:
- Complete this worksheet. Our weekly worksheet become the basis for the next class. You must be logged in with your NYU account to access the worksheet.
- Create a "self" portrait using 2D primitive shapes. Play with symmetry in your portrait. Shapes include –
arc()
,curve()
,ellipse()
,line()
,point()
,quad()
,rect()
,triangle()
– and basic color functions –background()
,colorMode()
,fill()
,noFill()
,noStroke()
,stroke()
. Remember to usecreateCanvas()
to specify the dimensions of your window and wrap all of your code inside asetup()
function. Here's an example: Zoog - Write a blog post about how computation applies to your interests, due 24 hours before the next class. This could be a subject you've studied, a job you've worked, a personal hobby, or a cause you care about. What projects do you imagine making this term? What projects do you love? (You can review and contribute to the ICM Inspiration Wiki page). In the same post (or a new one), document the process of creating your sketch. What pitfalls did you run into? What could you not figure out how to do? How was the experience of using the web editor? Did you post any issues to github?
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READ AND WATCH:
- Follow the TO THE LESSON Link:
- Watch before HW: Videos 1.1 - 1.6(~1h 15m)
- Watch after HW: Videos 2.1 - 2.3(~30m)
- If you prefer books, Chapters 1-3 of Getting Started with p5.js cover the same material. Log into the NYU network to read it for free.
- Follow the TO THE LESSON Link:
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ASK
- Post at least 1 question below. Examples of good questions...
- Name (optional) -- Question: Why is it that this is like this and that is like that?