Creative Coding

Offered By: New York University (NYU) via edX

Course Description

Overview

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

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

Taught by

Kevin Siwoff