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Creative Coding (edX)

Offered by New York University, NYUx,
Creative Coding (edX)

Learn object-oriented programming for graphic design, digital media, and creative applications. In Creative Coding, students learn to design and create media using object-oriented programming as a medium for design, art, and games.

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With a strong focus on creating interactive experiences for the web, the course moves past the sequential problem solving found in typical beginner programming and coding courses, so that designers and creatives can apply programming concepts to work in a variety of media, such as 2D graphics, animation, image and video processing. By the end of this course, students will be able to read and write javascript for creative and design applications. Whether you are a graphic designer, UX/UI designer, web designer, or accessibility designer, this course will arm you with fundamental coding skills using javascript and other languages as a method of expression.

What you'll learn

  • The fundamentals of computational thinking applied through p5.js
  • Best practices for designing software within an event-driven, object-oriented, real time framework
  • How to ideate, conceptualize, and design original creative works in the medium of software
  • Cultural literacy of the computational arts by critically engaging with historic and contemporary practices
  • Personal learning strategies, project planning and problem solving skills

Prerequisites
This class assumes a high degree of computer literacy, but not a high degree of programming ability. Having previous coding experience in Javascript, Java, C++, or Python is a plus, but not necessarily a must.
We strongly recommend taking the Integrated Digital Media MicroMasters in the following sequence:

  1. Creative Coding
  2. Theories of Media and Technology
  3. Media Law
  4. Integrated Digital Media Capstone

Syllabus

Week 1: Introduction to the class. Basics of 2D Drawing
Week 2: Variables and Conditionals
Week 3: Looping and Repetition
Week 4: Color
Week 5: Functions and Interaction with the Keyboard and Mouse
Week 6: Transformation and Translation
Week 7: Harmonic Motion and Animation
Week 8: Object-Oriented Programming
Week 9: The Document Object Model (DOM)
Week 10: Generative Text and Typography: An Introduction to the RiTa Addon for p5.js
Week 11: Data Visualization and APIs
Week 12: Image
Week 13: Video
Week 14: Final Project Submission

Note: This course is currently not available.

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