Introduction to Programming

This is a course in Introduction to Programming, using JavaScript as the programming language. It is suitable for people who have never programmed before.

This is based on the excellent video series: Code! Programming with p5.js by Daniel Shiffman at The Coding Train. This course uses the P5 JavaScript graphics library.

The Shiffman code has been ported (with permission under MIT licence) to Ancient Brain "Worlds" that can be run and edited on Ancient Brain in the browser. You can edit the Worlds directly from inside this course. On Ancient Brain, you can clone, edit, run, host, share, like and embed these Worlds. You can upload your own resources (images, music, etc.) to use in these Worlds.

When you are finished the first part of this course, you will be able to make Worlds like the following. Click to run them.

Contents

1. Code! Programming with p5.js
2. p5.js Web Editor
3. Shapes & Drawing
4. Color
5. Errors & Console
6. Code Comments
7. Variables in p5.js (mouseX, mouseY)
8. Variables in p5.js (Make your own)
9. JavaScript Objects
10. The map() Function
11. The random() Function
12. Introduction to Conditional Statements
13. The Bouncing Ball
14. Else and Else if, AND and OR
15. Boolean Variables
16. while and for Loops
17. Nested Loops

Notes

• The Coding Train videos describe coding JavaScript on localhost or on the p5.js Web Editor. Some things do not apply to Ancient Brain.
• As always, use the Docs menu for help when coding on Ancient Brain.

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