Free introduction to programming course, building games with Processing.js
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3 years ago
[ An eleventh-hour announcement about a free online course. Registration closes tomorrow, so act quickly if you're interested! ]
Programming Visual Media is an interactive introduction to programming with Processing (well, Processing.js), offered online as part of the new "School of Webcraft" organized by Mozilla and Peer 2 Peer University. The class will meet (online) roughly once a week for six weeks, with lots of opportunities for pair-programming with other course participants in between the weekly meetings. This course is project-based, with the focus being on building games.
Here's the abstract:
Can you learn the fundamentals of programming with art, fun, and games? We'll show you how using Processing.js, an open-Web version of the Processing visually-oriented programming language. This P2P introduction to programming is designed as a series of programming projects, each of which will be shared, discussed, and critiqued as part of the class. By the end of this class, you'll build an interactive game of your own design, and add it to a growing portfolio exhibiting your webcraft.
What does a visually-oriented introduction to programming look like on the real-time web? We'll be working with Studio Sketchpad, a website that builds on the Processing.js open programming language for creating animations and interactions for the open web, and the Etherpad collaborative text editor allowing people to work together online in "really real-time".
This class is highly collaborative, so we strongly encourage you to take this course with a friend or two.
Please act quickly if you're interested: course registrations are set to close tomorrow night! More information and instructions on registration are available on the course listing:
http://p2pu.org/webcraft/programming-visual-media
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