The Creative Coder’s Field Guide
Everything You Need to Survive and Thrive with p5.js
Creative Coding · Course Guide
Everything You Need to Survive and Thrive with p5.js, in four weeks. Each one takes what the last week built and makes it move, change, or decide.
Four weeks, one thread: each one takes whatever the last week built and makes it move, change, or decide. New to p5.js? Start at Week 1. Otherwise, jump to whichever week matches where you are.
A week-one study guide for creative coding with p5.js: the canvas, the coordinate plane, functions, how draw() keeps running, and color.
Week 02A week-two study guide for creative coding with p5.js: variables, expressions, assignment, scope, and the trick behind animation.
Week 03A week-three study guide for creative coding with p5.js: conditionals, boolean expressions, comparators, and efficient branching.
Week 04A week-four study guide for creative coding with p5.js: for loops, the three-part syntax, modulo, and nested loops for grids.