Coding – Page 37 – Geeks out of the box

By Geeks out of the Box March 29, 2017March 29, 2017

Simon’s next own code: Calculator

Since he wrote his first own code last week, Simon has attempted to write a couple more. This morning he came up with a code for a calculator in the … Continue reading Simon’s next own code: Calculator

By Geeks out of the Box March 29, 2017March 29, 2017

Particle System in JavaScript

This particle system code Simon has written in Cloud9 originally comes from p5.js and makes a beautiful simulation of a waterfall:

By Geeks out of the Box March 29, 2017

Cellular Automation

Here Simon played with cellular automation (a model used in computational science). A cellular automation consists of a regular grid of cells, each in one of a finite number of … Continue reading Cellular Automation

By Geeks out of the Box March 27, 2017

Gradients in Java

Simon showing gradients in Processing (something he learned via w3schools). Linear and radial gradients: Metaballs: He also wants to create multiple metaballs, but that hasn’t been a success yet. He … Continue reading Gradients in Java

By Geeks out of the Box March 27, 2017March 29, 2017

Twitter Bots

Yesterday some of my Facebook and Twitter friends thought that I had gone mad or, at the very least, that my account had been hacked: there were strange postings appearing … Continue reading Twitter Bots

By Geeks out of the Box March 22, 2017March 22, 2017

Mom, can you read me a story?

This is what Simon begged me to read to him tonight: The Nature of Code by Daniel Shiffman. Daniel Shiffman is Simon’s hero. Simon completely owns his knowledge of English, … Continue reading Mom, can you read me a story?

By Geeks out of the Box March 22, 2017March 22, 2017

Simon’s first own code: Archimedean spiral in Processing (Java).

This is so exciting! Simon has written his first Java code completely on his own! It’s an animation of the Archimedean spiral (well, we only found out later that it’s actually called … Continue reading Simon’s first own code: Archimedean spiral in Processing (Java).

By Geeks out of the Box March 22, 2017March 22, 2017

2D and 3D Transformations in Processing (Java) Continued

Simon continued his lectures about transformations in Processing (Java). Processing has built-in functions that make it easy for you to have objects in a sketch move, spin, and grow or shrink: … Continue reading 2D and 3D Transformations in Processing (Java) Continued

By Geeks out of the Box March 22, 2017March 22, 2017

3D Earthquake Data Visualization Coding Challenge

The earthquake data visualization coding challenge by Daniel Shiffman went further than just a 2D map – it went 3D! Simon managed to complete the challenge, except for the very last … Continue reading 3D Earthquake Data Visualization Coding Challenge

By Geeks out of the Box March 19, 2017

Forests and Flower Fields

Simon showed me 3D trigonometrical functions (like tan(x) or cos(x*y*9^10) in his Solve calculator app and we were surprised at their incredible resemblance with forests and flower fields. I mean, is there anyone … Continue reading Forests and Flower Fields

By Geeks out of the Box March 19, 2017

Inverse Kinematics Continued (Fixed Point and Multiple)

Simon went on with the third and the fourth coding challenges by Daniel Shiffman on inverse kinematics in Processing (Java) this morning, producing a beautiful animation of two robotic hands … Continue reading Inverse Kinematics Continued (Fixed Point and Multiple)

By Geeks out of the Box March 19, 2017

Inverse Kinematics in Processing (Java)

On Saturday Simon was mainly busy with the Inverse Kinematics Coding Challenge: Simon watched two out of Daniel Shiffman’s four kinematics videos and studied forward inverse kinematics in Processing (Java) to create a … Continue reading Inverse Kinematics in Processing (Java)