Fundamentals of programming

What you need to understand

• Functions
• Conditionals
• Variables
• Loops
• Bonus: Arrays, Objects, & Classes
• Strategies for learning code

Visual variables

• Shape
• Color
• Scale
• Position in space
• Relationships

When you program, it's like giving commands to your robot dog

Function: blend( )

(Put ingredients here)

Run the function

If/else conditionals

Variables (not assigned)

Variables (assigned)

Loops

Arrays

Objects

Classes

Classes

Data types: store values in variables

• int // integer // 5
• float // floating decimal point // 0.5; 5.0
• String // text (also char for character)
• boolean // true or false
• color // specify a color or palette
• Check Processing reference for other types...

Coding techniques

Modify

Collage

Augment

Write from scratch:
fox mode

Run code:
Hummingbird mode

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//Reasons to comment

• Record your thoughts
• Show a moment of original insight
• Comment upon a more complex chunk
• Attribute copyrighted work, if there is a copyright
• Tinkering tool, to disable lines of code while you modify
• Make your code more clear for others to read.
• Consider valid reasons to comment.

This is your big picture grade. Open up ideas. Tinker.

Imagine possibilities.

Survey the landscape and write //comments in sketches like an explorer writes notes in a travel journal.

View the computer as a medium, not just a tool

7 elements of graphic design

• Space
• Unity
• Balance
• Hierarchy
• Dominance (Contrast)
• Point-Line-Plane
• Color

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