Week 8

8

Mar 22
Processing. Arrays are a common data structure that enable us to work with large groups of objects. Arrays are so common, support for them is built into the Processing language. Putting everything we’ve learned together to develop algorithms. An algorithm is a sequence of steps required to perform a task. Learning how to Debug. Developing an approach to solving problems when your program doesn’t work right.

Read “Color” by Daniel Shiffman.
Read “Curves” by J David Eisenberg.

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Assignment: Create the repulsion game. Make a sketch that draws 10 bubbles that are repulsed by the mouse pointer. If the mouse pointer comes close to a bubble, the bubble should be pushed away from the pointer. If the bubbles hit the edge of the window, they should bounce back into the window area. You may use more than 10 bubbles – how many bubbles can you draw and still have good interaction?