Coding for Visual Learners: Learning JavaScript from Scratch

Completely new to coding? This engaging course can help you pick up the popular JavaScript programming language, as well as a programming library called p5.js.

Introduction

• Introduction
• Why learn JavaScript?
• Learning JavaScript with p5.js

1. Getting Started

• Environment setup
• Getting started with JavaScript
• Variables
• Data types in JavaScript
• Getting started with p5.js
• Coordinate system in p5.js

2. Colors

• Color functions in p5.js
• Setting the color of the shapes

3. Operators and Variables

• Operator precedence
• Variables continued
• Variable scope
• Predefined variables in p5.js

4. Conditional Statements and Comparison Operators

• Frame, frameRate, frameCount
• Conditionals
• Else Block

5. More p5.js Variables

• MouseIsPressed
• MouseX and mouseY

6. Loops

• For Loop
• Nested loops
• Random function
• Noise function

7. Functions

• Creating functions
• Return keyword

8. Objects

• Introduction to JavaScript objects
• Object methods and 'this' keyword
• Constructor functions

9. Arrays

• Working with arrays
• Array.length property
• Remainder operator

10. Events

• MousePressed event function
• KeyPressed event function

11. More p5.js

• Rotate and translate
• Push and pop functions

12. Final Project

• Let's build a game
• Creating a number object
• Animating text
• Player interaction
• Player feedback
• Restarting the game
• Improving the player experience

Conclusion

• Congratulations