Processing Training for Data Visualization

SkillsFuture - Processing Training for Data Visualization 
Start communicating ideas and diagramming data in a more interactive way. In this workshop, the trainer wil show how to read, map, and illustrate data with Processing, an open-source drawing and development environment. 

Topics include:

• Exploring the need for creative data visualization
• Drawing basic lines and shapes
• Introducing variables, strings, and arrays
• Modifying drawing attributes such as color
• Making drawings more dynamic with animation loops and spirals

1. Basics of Visualization

• Overview of data visualization

2. Basics of Processing

• Installing Processing
• Overview of Processing
• Exploring libraries

3. Basics of Drawing

• Basic setup
• Drawing points
• Drawing lines
• Drawing ellipses and circles
• Drawing arcs
• Drawing rectangles and squares
• Drawing quadrangles
• Drawing triangles
• Drawing polygons
• Drawing simple curves
• Drawing complex curves
• Drawing Bézier curves

4. Variables

• Introduction to variables
• Understanding variable scope
• Modifying variables
• Creating arrays
• Modifying arrays
• Creating strings
• Modifying strings

5. Drawing Attributes

• Incorporating randomness
• Using Perlin noise
• Shuffling with Java
• Specifying line attributes
• Changing placement modes
• Understanding color attributes and functions
• Exploring color spaces
• Using color palettes
• Transforming the grid
• Exploring the attribute matrix

6. Dynamic Drawings

• Building code blocks
• Writing a while loop
• Using for loops
• Creating conditionals
• Working with easing
• Creating spirals