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The class is currently on hiatus. Sign up below if you are interested, or pester me about it, and we can start it again. <br />
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==about==<br />
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This is for everyone who wants to learn how to program but has told themselves it's "too hard." <br />
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I know how easy it is to feel dumb in the face of computers -- I do it every day -- and this will be a supportive and easy going group, with emphasis on hands-on learning rather than formal lectures. People will help each other as they get up to speed. I'm especially keen to reach people who think they "can't do programming" -- because they can. <br />
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(In a previous life I ([[User:Jtfoote|Jon]]) was the head instructor for a large introductory programming course: I've taught hundreds of people how to program, and won a teaching award for doing it.)<br />
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We'll be using "processing" (http://www.processing.org), a simple yet powerful graphic programming language targeted to artists and designers. Learning to program a processing "sketch" is straightforward and quickly rewarding: you can get up to speed and produce algorithmic art and interactive games in a session or two. <br />
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Though it is simple, processing is a full-featured language, not a "toy": the concepts you will learn (variables, loops, functions, arrays) are fundamental and necessary for programming in any other language.<br />
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You can run sketches right in your browser with no download or install. Try it: http://sketch.processing.org/ (click on the top left arrow to run). More information, including downloads for all computers can be found at http://www.processing.org. I suggest you try some of the [http://www.processing.org/learning/ tutorials]: you may not even need a class!<br />
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==sign up==<br />
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If you might be interested, please sign up below. Thursday evenings look relatively free at NB, modulo [[Five_Minutes_of_Fame]]. We'll start at 8. If you are interested but can't make it because of the time, please note it and we'll see what we can do.<br />
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*Tracy Jacobs<br />
*Adam Fisher<br />
*Helen Tout<br />
*Jesse Zbikowski - interested in Processing+Arduino<br />
*Stella<br />
*Lee Sonko<br />
*Carissa Koo<br />
*Terri <br />
* [[User:Elcaset|Elcaset]]<br />
*Dana Ospina-also interested in Processing+Arduino<br />
*William O'Shea<br />
* Salem<br />
*gaby<br />
*Lid<br />
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==preparation==<br />
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If you want to be able to jump right in, download and install processing from here: http://www.processing.org/download/<br />
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If you missed earlier sessions, please go through this tutorial:<br />
http://www.processing.org/learning/gettingstarted/<br />
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Also consider these as well: <br />
http://www.processing.org/learning/drawing/<br />
http://www.processing.org/learning/color/<br />
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This is a hands-on workshop: '''please bring a laptop with processing installed''' if you can!<br />
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=== Class minutes ===<br />
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* [[2010-05-06]]<br />
* [[P4P2010-05-13 | 2010-05-13]]<br />
* [[P4P2010-05-27 | 2010-05-27]]<br />
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== Who ==<br />
* [[User:Jtfoote|Jon Foote]] (facilitator)<br />
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== Oh Noes: interested but can't make it ==<br />
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Please put name/nick and preferred alternate times<br />
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