P5JS_Learning_Schedule_Table.csv

Week,Topic,goal,day,actions
Week 1, Shapes and Space, Goal Get comfortable with the coordinate system and drawing static images,Day 1, The Canvas. Understand setup() vs draw(). Learn createCanvas() and background()
Week 1, Shapes and Space, Goal Get comfortable with the coordinate system and drawing static images,Day 2, 2D Shapes. Draw rect()  ellipse()  line()  and triangle()
Week 1, Shapes and Space, Goal Get comfortable with the coordinate system and drawing static images,Day 3, Color & Style Explore fill() stroke()  strokeWeight()  and RGB/Hex values
Week 1, Shapes and Space, Goal Get comfortable with the coordinate system and drawing static images,Day 4, The Coordinate System. Practice placing shapes relative to each other (the origin is the top-left corner!)
Week 1, Shapes and Space, Goal Get comfortable with the coordinate system and drawing static images,Day 5, Custom Shapes  Use beginShape()  vertex()  and endShape()
Week 1, Shapes and Space ,Goal Get comfortable with the coordinate system and drawing static images,Day 6-7, Mini-Project: Create a Self-Portrait or a Robot using only basic shapes and colors
Week 2, Variables and Animation,Goal: Make things move and react to you, Day 8, Variables Use let to create variables for position (x  y) and size
Week 2, Variables and Animation , Goal: Make things move and react to you, Day 9, Built-in Variables  Experiment with mouseX and mouseY
Week 2, Variables and Animation ,Goal: Make things move and react to you, Day 10, Basic Animation  Increment a variable (e.g.  x = x + 1) inside draw() to move a shape
Week 2, Variables and Animation, Goal: Make things move and react to you, Day 11, The random() function-Create jittery movement or random color palettes
Week 2, Variables and Animation ,Goal: Make things move and react to you, Day 12, The map() function -Learn to re-map values (e.g. use mouse position to control a color range)
Week 2, Variables and Animation , Goal: Make things move and react to you, Day 13, Conditionals (if/else)-Make a ball bounce when it hits the edge of the screen
Week 2, Variables and Animation ,Goal: Make things move and react to you, Day 14, Mini-Project  Create an interactive drawing tool (a Paint program) where clicking changes colors
Week 3, Efficiency and Logic,Goal: Stop repeating yourself and start organizing,Day 15, Loops (for loops). Draw 100 circles with 3 lines of code
Week 3, Efficiency and Logic,Goal: Stop repeating yourself and start organizing,Day 16, Nested Loops. Create a grid or a patterned wallpaper
Week 3, Efficiency and Logic,Goal: Stop repeating yourself and start organizing,Day 17, Functions. Learn to wrap your drawing code into a custom function like drawTree(x  y)
Week 3, Efficiency and Logic, Goal: Stop repeating yourself and start organizing,Day 18, Transformations. Master translate()  rotate() and push()/pop()
Week 3, Efficiency and Logic ,Goal: Stop repeating yourself and start organizing,Day 19, Trigonometry. Use sin() and cos() for smooth  wave-like movement
Week 3, Efficiency and Logic,Goal: Stop repeating yourself and start organizing,Day 20, Arrays. Store multiple values to keep track of many objects at once
Week 3, Efficiency and Logic , Goal: Stop repeating yourself and start organizing,Day 21, Mini-Project A generative pattern generator. Press a key to  re-roll  a random beautiful grid
Week 4, Objects and Complexity,Goal: Think like a programmer,Day 22, Object-Oriented Programming (Classes). Build a  template  for an object
Week 4, Objects and Complexity,Goal: Think like a programmer,Day 23, Multiple Objects. Use an array to manage 50 Bubble or Particle objects
Week 4, Objects and Complexity,Goal: Think like a programmer,Day 24, Collision Detection. Make objects react when they touch each other
Week 4, Objects and Complexity,Goal: Think like a programmer,Day 25, Media. Learn loadImage() and image() to bring outside graphics into your sketch
Week 4, Objects and Complexity,Goal: Think like a programmer,Day 26, Sound. Introduction to the p5.sound library (making noises on click)
Week 4, Objects and Complexity,Goal: Think like a programmer,Day 27-30, Final Project: Build something complete. Ideas > A simple game (Snake or Pong) - An interactive Music Visualizer. -A  Generative Art Garden  that grows as you move the mouse