About this course
A project-based introduction to creative coding with JavaScript and p5.js. Students progress from core JavaScript and p5.js foundations to expressive visuals, color, sound, and interaction. Along the way, they learn number systems, recursion, object-oriented programming, and essential data structures. The course emphasizes modular design, external files and APIs, and practical use of libraries. It...
What you'll learn
- Write clean JavaScript code and use p5.js to create graphics and animations
- Design interactive programs that respond to mouse, touch, and keyboard input
- Integrate sound and audio APIs to add music and effects to projects
- Apply modular design: functions, scope, and external modules/files
- Use recursion and alternate number systems to solve creative problems
- Model systems with object-oriented programming and custom classes
- Implement common data structures and simple algorithms for performance
- Load and parse external data, use libraries and APIs in projects
- Plan, develop, and present a polished capstone interactive experience
Prerequisites
No prior programming experience required; basic computer literacy and willingness to learn are sufficient.
- Level
- Beginner· Level
- Duration
- 12 weeks· Duration
- Language
- English· Language
- Modules
- 11· Modules
Skills you'll gain
- Creative coding
- JavaScript programming
- p5.js graphics and animation
- Interactive design
- Audio programming
- Modular programming and file I/O
- Recursion and number systems
- Object-oriented design
- Data structures & algorithms
- API and library integration
- Project planning and prototyping
What you'll study
11 modules — work at your own pace.
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