VID 03 - TRANSFORMATIONS - Learn JavaScript with Creative Coding - fun, colorful and free!
Channel: ZIM LEARN
Date: 2019-10-25

VID 03 [Lesson 01 - Display Objects] - Dr Abstract teaches JavaScript with the following topics:
0:00 - intro to creative coding video 03
0:37 - review of earlier vids
1:04 - transformations - position, scale, rotation, skew
2:16 - coding review and setup
3:00 - registration point - important!
7:00 - rot() rotation and outline()
9:08 - sca() scale grows from registration
13:55 - centerReg() - sets registration in middle
17:15 - pos() - left, top, right, bottom
21:50 - traditional properties before chaining
26:10 - chaining - reducing code!
32:11 - ZIM Docs - to see more chainable methods
35:09 - Docs intro video and conclusion

The Learn JavaScript with Creative Coding is a video series to help left brain and right brain learners explore the wonders of programming using the fun, colorful and friendly HTML Canvas and ZIM.  Dr Abstract is a Canadian New Media Awards winner for Programmer and Educator of the Year.  He will teach the basics of programming in JavaScript from the ground up so welcome designers, artists, engineers, developers, and all.

The video lessons are supported by ZIM Skool at https://zimjs.com/skool and make an excellent introduction to code at a high school and college levels or for the #100DaysofCode movement and workshop organizations like #CanadaLearningCode.  Younger students can go to https://zimjs.com/kids.  

We hope you share these lessons with friends, family, work colleagues and any aspiring creators!  Cheers, please subscribe, share on social media and give the videos a like if you have likes to give.  You are welcome to join us at https://zimjs.com/slack/ to ask questions, discuss code and share examples.

Cheers from #LearnJavaScript with #CreativeCoding and #DrAbstract founder of #ZIMjs