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Gillian Densmore

Questions, rants and Raves...

+Rant+

By Odins Mead! Dalight Savings stuff! ARG!!

I PERSONALLY like having the clock set suck that it's a bit more suny out can we not agree to regularly tweak clocks a little through out the year to Maximize Sun?

+Rave+

Processing

While brushing up on some tech skills as...why not? Mostly do it as a hobby for my hobbya just for fun blog I have set up.

I found the set up on Code Academy nice to use. leading to a question:

QUESTION:

I have Windows10 (Came with the computer).

-Any sage opinions on Processing for JavaScript?

The metod to my madness is looking for a small (FUN?) animations(?) to have a fun way to keep my tech skills upto date.

By all meens feel free to sugest other tools.

The reason I started looking is I keep finding myself geeking out and then being frustrated with not be able to do X with my blog, and generally just wanting to be have a fun simple way to do things It's just a hobby for now, but more knowledge and able to use tools can never hurt.

Basically many novice guides sugest using ProcessingJS and I seem to rember many MANY rants and raves about that on this and the WedTech list, and are skeptical it's gotten better.

My real goals are:

-Have FUN first.

-Keep having fun keeping up tech skills on playground. Doing goofy FUN things.

-iIf possible set up two playgrounds on my Sandbox10, my new blog such that I can have fun building things or tinkering.

Any opinions for what languages and tools would be fun to do that with?

I've had an enormous amount of fun with python through CodeCombat. But as far as I know their's not a python for the Web, unless either Bruce or Ruth know better?

I some how picturing in my head a set up like this for example

Two sandbox or playround type places on the site so that when/if things go screw no big deal.

One might be for Text stuff starting the classic Greeting, and see if the doodads work.

The other for projects starting simple (and again FUN) working my way up. For example one page:Can I get a picture of a cat and a beer mug to show up?

And work my up to more fancy complicated things.

I'd really like to try making a relatively simple game eventually. Like a StarShip shooting invaders or blocks kind of thing but first steps first!

I will not be offended if:

-Wrong list dude! Try WedTech!

-What..I'm confused? what do want to do?

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Vladimyr Burachynsky

Re: Questions, rants and Raves...

Gillian,

I recently started to use Processing 3.0.2 but not js only .pde as from Processing.org. The download was free

and a little quirky to set up but seems to work and you can download working source code from

Open Processing. Much that gets you up to speed quickly. I did notice some extremely compact code coming from gamers with some strange clever graphics from Europe. I also spend much time trying to build a website focusing on robotics and quirky stuff

using Wordpress. That may have been too much at once since I also forced myself to adopt Scripting to handle video or movie shorts.

https://processing.org/download/

https://www.openprocessing.org/

Most of the difficulty starts when trying to negotiate various sites for libraries to support building programs.

Github etc.

Feel free to ask if you need help. I was never specifically a programmer but started so far back that it sometimes feels like Unix or C++ that does help me but might not help you any.

I admit that most code used and presented on Open Processing is written for web sites.

The Graphics are great using OpenGL libraries natively, but awkward at times.

My goal is to develop multi-body animations to attract science minded users so now I feel like an old man trying to keep up with kids from modern Graphic Design Schools. For some time I was confused by the js sites

which purport to allow web users to interact with web animations but mine are always too large to function this way so I stick to passive viewing… for now.

I used Mathematical Programming to model machine motion paths for robots but was trapped on my local machine with few viewers. I guess this is what “coming out of the closet feels like”

You are the first writer to openly ask such questions by my recollection. If the thread objects mail me directly if you can do so.

It is fun and sometimes aggravating even hair pulling.

vib

From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Gillian Densmore
Sent: March-05-17 11:10 AM
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Subject: [FRIAM] Questions, rants and Raves...