Ladies Learning Code: Data Visualization for Beginners: An Introduction to Creative Coding with ProcessingJS – Vancouver

What is Processing? Processing is a powerful open source language (as well as an application) that builds upon the Java language, and is commonly used to explore how complex algorithms and systems work in a visual context. Learn more about creative coding and the role that ideas such as process, experimentation and algorithm play in this creative field featuring artists, designers and code enthusiasts by watching this documentary, called Hello World. This workshop takes Processing one step further by introducing ProcessingJS which is a JavaScript library that enables us to create Processing visualizations that are also easy to share on the web. What will you learn at this workshop? We’ll take a look at large amounts of data – more specifically, hashtags from Twitter and campaign reports from Mailchimp – and use ProcessingJS to create beautiful and easy-to-understand visualizations based on our findings. We’ll go over how to code simple mathematical equations and change variables, integers, colours and shapes to create unique and engaging outcomes. As a bonus, we’ll also show you how to publish your live and interactive creation to the web, and how to go about collecting your own sets of data outside of the workshop. Specifically, we will cover the following: – An overview of JavaScript – An overview of ProcessingJS, why it’s cool, and how you can use it in the workplace – How to import a .csv file containing large amounts of data into ProcessingJS – How to grab data from the .csv file and visually display it using geometrical shapes – What a variable is, an integer and a float, and how these can be slightly changed to make a simple shape look more interesting and complex – How to integrate basic user interaction in order to navigate around your data (and be able to see some cool animations!) – Coding in RGB colour, and the importance of colour in data visualizations Who is this for? Our Ladies Learning Code workshops offer female-identified and male-identified, trans, and non-binary adults hands-on, project-based learning experiences that are designed to give beginners the skills and confidence they need to become digital creators. Prerequisites: None! This workshop is designed for absolute beginners! What’s Included: 4:1 student-to-mentor ratio with an awesome lead instructor. Great venue with a fun, social and inclusive learning environment. Catered lunch. Yum! We’ll try our best to accommodate any dietary restrictions (no promises)! Questions? Email us at info@canadalearningcode.ca Hope to see you soon!