Category: class notes

In-class outline

•  Arrays
  • What are they?
    • how are they represented in a machine
  • How to declare them
  • Initialize them (a couple ways)
  • Operating on an array
    • the slow way
    • the fast way with loops
    • example of mouse trails
  • Arrays of objects
    • many squares example
• Interactive objects
  • overlap/hit detection – sliders
  • collision with circles

• Collision detection between shapes in Processing
• Shiffman’s videos on arrays
• code from class

• 12 Principles of Animation
• conditionals
  • if() & else()
• loops
  • while()
  • for()
• frameRate()
• frameCount
• sin() // cos()

Code from class

Today we’ll be doing the following

• Homework review/check-in. What was difficult, what worked, where were your pain points?
• Reading discussion (if time)
• Research project discussion & date picking
• setup & draw revisited – flow, events
• mouseX & mouseY, pmouseX, pMouseY
• width/height
• println
• variables & types : int, float, boolean, char, color
• easing
• mousePressed
• keyPressed
• random
• map
• translate
• bezier fuckery

Code from today’s class

Below are a list of the functions we covered in class on Friday.

• size()
• comments
• line()
• arc() // here’s an article about curves in processing
• rect()
• point()
• ellipse()
• triangle()
• rectMode()
• ellipseMode()
• fill()
• stroke()
• background()
• setup()
• draw()
• print()
• strokeWeight()