05_functions.md

Organization: Functions (and here comes Objects)

The videos in this section were created using a different editor for p5.js. All of the concepts should still apply, however, there are some minor changes. Most notably in JavaScript let is now the preferred way to declare a variable over var. If you would like to learn more about this you can watch this video about let vs var.

Modularity

• 5.1: Function Basics | Sketch

Re-usability

• 5.2: Function Parameters and Arguments
  • Sketches: Dice no functions | Dice w/ functions | Robots from Getting Started with p5.js
• 5.3: Functions and Return | distance() function sketch

Getting Started with p5.js book

• Chapter 9 of Getting Started with p5.js book | Ebook (free with NYU Library login) | Code

Object Literals

• Video | Code

Going Further

• Coding Challenge: Recursion | Sketch
• Coding Challenge: Fractal Tree | Sketch
• Tutorial: Recode Morisawa series by John Maeda