Coding for beginners: learn coding by creating art

Get visual results right from the start, both still and animated. Beginners only. No prior coding experience needed!

Created by: Jerome Herr
Code Weaver

What Will I Learn?

• You will realize that you're not limited to design tools that other people have created for you
• You will be able to create visuals, both animated and still, by writing code
• You will create small interactive applications (called 'sketches' in Processing)
• You will realize how creative coding can complement and enhance your current design processes
• You will start understanding some major programming concepts like variables, functions and conditionals

Requirements

• Curiosity, imagination and a bit of endurance. it will be worth it!
• A free software called Processing (you can download and install it already if you want but we'll cover than in the course)

Target audience

• Artists with no prior programming experience but with an interest in using code to create art
• People who like instant (visual) gratification: Processing, unlike other programming languages, makes it very easy to get visual output almost immediately. this is very satisfying and highly motivating.
• Total programming beginners in general who want to get a basic understanding of programming in a fun and creative way
• Students of all ages who have been bored and turned off by traditional programming courses and who are looking for a fun way to make programming more exciting
• Beware though: this introductory course is definitely NOT for people who already know what operators, datatypes, loops and functions are. Except if they're interested in how Processing can be used to create visual output.