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Getting Started with p5.js: Making Interactive Graphics in JavaScript and Processing (Make: Technology on Your Time) 1st Edition

by Lauren McCarthy (Author), Casey Reas (Author), Ben Fry (Author)
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With p5.js, you can think of your entire Web browser as your canvas for sketching with code!

Learn programming the fun way--by sketching with interactive computer graphics! Getting Started with p5.js contains techniques that can be applied to creating games, animations, and interfaces. p5.js is a new interpretation of Processing written in JavaScript that makes it easy to interact with HTML5 objects, including text, input, video, webcam, and sound. Like its older sibling Processing, p5.js makes coding accessible for artists, designers, educators, and beginners.

Written by the lead p5.js developer and the founders of Processing, this book provides an introduction to the creative possibilities of today's Web, using JavaScript and HTML.

With Getting Started with p5.js, you'll:

  • Quickly learn programming basics, from variables to objects
  • Understand the fundamentals of computer graphics
  • Create interactive graphics with easy-to-follow projects
  • Learn to apply data visualization techniques
  • Capture and manipulate webcam audio and video feeds in the browser
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Lauren McCarthy is an artist and programmer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is full-time faculty at NYU ITP, and recently a resident at CMU STUDIO for Creative Inquiry and Eyebeam. She holds an MFA from UCLA and a BS Computer Science and BS Art and Design from MIT. Her work explores the structures and systems of social interactions, identity, and self-representation, and the potential for technology to mediate, manipulate, and evolve these interactions. She is fascinated by the slightly uncomfortable moments when patterns are shifted, expectations are broken, and participants become aware of the system.

At Sosolimited and Small Design Firm, Lauren has worked on installations for the London Eye, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, IBM, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello. She has also worked at Oblong Industries, Continuum and the MIT Media Lab.

Her artwork has been shown in a variety of contexts, including the Ars Electronica Center, Conflux Festival, SIGGRAPH, LACMA, the Japan Media Arts Festival, Share Festival, File Festival, the WIRED Store, and probably to you without you knowing it at some point while interacting with her.

Casey Reas is a professor in the Department of Design Media Arts at UCLA and a graduate of the MIT Media Laboratory. Reas' software has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Asia. With Ben Fry, he co-founded Processing in 2001. He is the co-author of Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists (2007) and Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture (2010). His work is archived at www.reas.com.

Ben Fry has a doctorate from the MIT Media Laboratory and was the 2006-2007 Nierenberg Chair of Design for the Carnegie Mellon School of Design. He worked with Casey Reas to develop Processing, which won a Golden Nica from the Prix Ars Electronica in 2005. Ben's work has received a New Media Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation, and been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Ars Electronica, the 2002 Whitney Biennial, and the 2003 Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Make Community, LLC; 1st edition (November 17, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1457186772
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1457186776
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.4 inches
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    Ben Fry is principal of Fathom, a design and software consultancy located in Boston. He received his doctoral degree from MIT’s Media Lab, where his research focused on combining fields such as computer science, statistics, graphic design, and data visualization as a means for understanding information. After completing his dissertation in 2004, he spent time developing tools for visualization of genetic data at the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard. Ben’s work has appeared in museums such as the Whitney, the Cooper-Hewitt, and the Museum of Modern Art, and in the films Minority Report and The Hulk. His information graphics have illustrated articles for the New York Times, New York Magazine, and the journal Nature. In 2011, Ben won the National Design Award for Interaction Design; he was also selected as one of Fast Company‘s 50 Most Influential Designers in America and as one of Slate‘s Top Right. He has lectured on data, design, and programming on five continents, and is the author of three books.

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As a graphic designer, I wanted to expand my skills into more digital means, and java p5 was the way to do it. I recently graduated with my master's degree and missed out on taking coding classes while still enrolled. So I bought this book, and now I'm happy to say I'm a coder at work! My clients are asking for more and more generative art, and combining my two passions is great! I had ZERO prior coding experience and following this book one page at a time led me to the job I have now! Many clear examples and great practice problems illustrate how to use and operate the java p5 library. Highly recommend getting this book if you are interested in learning how to code! At the end of the photos, I included some of my work from the practice problems in the book.
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 As a graphic designer, I wanted to expand my skills into more digital means, and java p5 was the way to do it. I recently graduated with my master's degree and missed out on taking coding classes while still enrolled. So I bought this book, and now I'm happy to say I'm a coder at work! My clients are asking for more and more generative art, and combining my two passions is great! I had ZERO prior coding experience and following this book one page at a time led me to the job I have now! Many clear examples and great practice problems illustrate how to use and operate the java p5 library. Highly recommend getting this book if you are interested in learning how to code! At the end of the photos, I included some of my work from the practice problems in the book.
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As a graphic designer, I wanted to expand my skills into more digital means, and java p5 was the way to do it. I recently graduated with my master's degree and missed out on taking coding classes while still enrolled. So I bought this book, and now I'm happy to say I'm a coder at work! My clients are asking for more and more generative art, and combining my two passions is great! I had ZERO prior coding experience and following this book one page at a time led me to the job I have now! Many clear examples and great practice problems illustrate how to use and operate the java p5 library. Highly recommend getting this book if you are interested in learning how to code! At the end of the photos, I included some of my work from the practice problems in the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well written. Easy to read. Introductory.
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This book is well written. It conveys complex ideas like object oriented programming clearly and concisely. It is mostly for someone new to programming, but will also be useful to someone who has programming experience and wants a systematic intro to p5.js
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5.0 out of 5 stars Get your start with p5.js here
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What a great book to get you started with p5.js! This book covers the basics and quickly gets you into some cool graphics. I read half way through and worked along with the projects. Then I started exploring later chapters. Also a great reference to have nearby.Highly recommend you start here!
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What a great book to get you started with p5.js! This book covers the basics and quickly gets you into some cool graphics. I read half way through and worked along with the projects. Then I started exploring later chapters. Also a great reference to have nearby.Highly recommend you start here!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
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Simple book for none programmers or engineers to learn about graphics
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good print quality
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Arrived on time, the quality of the book is really good. It’s pretty thin, smaller than usual coding books. The paper quality is also very high(not glossy paper).
Just got the book, so can not really comment about the content. Flipping through pages - looks like it’s a very detailed intro into the basics, like shapes and motion.
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Arrived on time, the quality of the book is really good. It’s pretty thin, smaller than usual coding books. The paper quality is also very high(not glossy paper).
Just got the book, so can not really comment about the content. Flipping through pages - looks like it’s a very detailed intro into the basics, like shapes and motion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2019
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I am a teacher and used this book to teach my beginning coding class. The book was clearly written with many great examples that illustrated the concepts of P5. Totally worth the money!
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5.0 out of 5 stars p5 is a great graphics library and this is a great book if ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2016
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p5 is a great graphics library and this is a great book if you want to learn about it. It takes you though ideas one at a time, building your repertoire bit by bit. If you go to You Tube and watch Daniel Shiffman's videos while reading this book, you'll be all set.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good!
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2019
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Very good book for an aspiring p5 programmer! Well explained examples and a nicely paced story.
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Arturo
5.0 out of 5 stars Bien
Reviewed in Mexico on December 21, 2023
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Llegó bien y a tiempo. Aún no lo inició.
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Mufaro
5.0 out of 5 stars Good start for beginners!
Reviewed in Canada on October 18, 2022
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Explains the basic concepts of p5js really well. Great way to get you started if have zero prior knowledge of coding. A portable size too.
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Nicoletta Perego
5.0 out of 5 stars Really well done and useful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2023
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This is a must have for university student enrolled in Programming module
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Luca Galliani
5.0 out of 5 stars An offline guide for P5JS
Reviewed in Germany on December 27, 2022
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An offline book for an online graphic library is a good idea to improve the library's knowledge.
Only the practice was not enough for me, and reviewing offline some ideas was a great help for me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo per chi inizia
Reviewed in Italy on May 10, 2022
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Un libro interessante e ben scritto per chi si approccia a p5.js. Qualche nozione base di programmazione aiuta ma non è strettamente essenziale. L'inglese è chiaro e semplice. Consigliato!
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