The Nature of Code (2012)

by Tomte • 9 years ago

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janvdberg• 9 years ago

Daniel Shiffman is a very likable (and smart!) guy. I highly recommend his YouTube channel: The Coding Train. It's a lot of fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/shiffman

thinnerlizzy• 9 years ago

I had him for a few classes at ITP. He was probably the best teacher I've ever had.

chasing• 9 years ago

Yup, he's a great guy. (I'm also a former student.)

indescions_2017• 9 years ago

The Coding Train playlist on Youtube has a lot of great content. Not just Nature of Code, but full tutorials on making Minesweeper, Tetris and Snake clones, Git for Poets, Twitter Bots, etc. Best way to get a solid intro to creative coding and Processing / p5.js.

piyh• 9 years ago

He taught me regex and javascript through his channel, he's my go to.

dandermotj• 9 years ago

This is a fantastic book, I loved it.

justshashank• 9 years ago

This is all natural and organic. Great book!

acavalcante80• 9 years ago

It seems a great gift to introduce anyone to programming.

nrjames• 9 years ago

It's a great book but his Learning Processing: A Beginners Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (2nd Ed) is a better introductory book.

kowdermeister• 9 years ago

Processing is just a great tool (it's not important he picked it), like python to introduce people to programming. I love how he uses it to explain math concepts. I wouldn't recommend this as a starter book either though :)

JoeDaDude• 9 years ago

The book is mostly about using Processing [1] to emulate natural things. For those so interested, Mr. Shiffman runs an online course doing similar things in p5.js [2] at the Kadenze online school[3].

[1] https://processing.org/

[2] https://p5js.org/

[3] https://www.kadenze.com/courses/the-nature-of-code/info

jbmorgado• 9 years ago

This is great, didn't know about p5js. About 2 years ago I was searching for something similar to Processing in Python, but couldn't find anything that was suitable.

Perhaps someone knows some project that has filled that gap.

canoebuilder• 9 years ago

The processing port to python may interest you.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=processing+python&t=hd&ia=videos

qubex• 9 years ago

I supported the Kickstarter.

hugozap• 9 years ago

For me he is one of the best code teachers ever. Few people have the ability to turn a complex concept and explain it in a simple and fun way. Check his coding train channel.

toisanji• 9 years ago

if you want to practice your processing/p5js skills, here is a little site of weekly challenges I made: http://www.pushpopchallenge.com/

The Nature of Code (2012)

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