Overview
- Learn the highly popular JavaScript programming language
- This book uses engaging and visual examples to get you running with coding
- Uplift your career, your future prospects and even your intellectual capacity with the invaluable skill of coding
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About this book
Learn coding from scratch in a highly engaging and visual manner using the vastly popular JavaScript with the programming library p5.js. The skills you will acquire from this book are highly transferable to a myriad of industries and can be used towards building web applications, programmable robots, or generative art.
You'll gain the proper context so that you can build a strong foundation for programming. This book won’t hinder your momentum with irrelevant technical or theoretical points. The aim is to build a strong, but not overly excessive knowledge to get you up and running with coding.
If you want to program creative visuals and bring that skill set to a field of your your choice, then Learn JavaScript with p5.js is the book for you.
What You'll Learn
Who This Book is For
Artists or a visual designers. Also, those who want to learn the fundamentals of programming through visual examples.
You'll gain the proper context so that you can build a strong foundation for programming. This book won’t hinder your momentum with irrelevant technical or theoretical points. The aim is to build a strong, but not overly excessive knowledge to get you up and running with coding.
If you want to program creative visuals and bring that skill set to a field of your your choice, then Learn JavaScript with p5.js is the book for you.
What You'll Learn
- Code from scratch and create computer graphics with JavaScript and the p5.js library
- Gain the necessary skills to move into your own creative projects
- Create graphics and interactive experiences using Processing
- Program using JavaScript and p5.js and secondarily in creating visuals
Who This Book is For
Artists or a visual designers. Also, those who want to learn the fundamentals of programming through visual examples.
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About the author
Engin Arslan is a Web Developer with a Bachelor of Science in Materials Engineering and a Postgraduate Degree in Visual Effects. Before becoming a Developer, he worked as a Visual Effects Artist / Technical Director on films and TV shows including Resident Evil, Tron, Mama, Pompeii, Vikings and Strain. He received an Emmy Nomination and won a Canadian Screen Award for his achievements in Visual Effects. During his time in VFX, he fell in love with Python and with programming in general. As a result he changed careers to be able to immerse himself completely in software development. Engin currently works at a Toronto-based digital services company, where he helps develop solutions in strategic problem spaces using emerging technologies. He also works at Seneca College as a part-time professor and creates online courses for Lynda/Linkedin and Pluralsight.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Learn JavaScript with p5.js
Book Subtitle: Coding for Visual Learners
Authors: Engin Arslan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3426-6
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Engin Arslan 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-3425-9Published: 07 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-3426-6Published: 06 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 217
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computer Graphics, Web Development