processing

week two – thursday 25th of july

lecture notes:

functions: ‘rect(205,200,10,20);‘
Functions do something in code for example, creating objects, shapes and moving elements.
Functions include: rect, ellipse, triangle, fill, noFill, stroke, strokeWeight, line, background and size.

variables: ‘rect(width/2, height/2, mouseX, mouseY);‘
Variables store information about the function. Variables replace the standard numerical parameters that sit within the parentheses.
Variables include: width, height, mouse and frameCount.

screenshots working through combinations of functions, variables, comments and how to find reference information for functions.

data types:
data types are used to set up a document and run code in a smoother more organised way. Data types start with an open curly parentheses and end with one after all lines of code in that data type.
The two data types include: void setup{} and void draw {}

task one: ‘processing panda’
In pairs we were given a set of processing instructions in order to create a design outcome. Some of the instructions were deliberately left unclear for us to work out. We completed this task using the Processing software and a selection of functions and variables resources for elements we need to use.