Interactivity in Computer Science

EPIC Workshop presented at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Topics included: people in CS, careers in CS, Google Doodles and Design, JavaScript: p5.js, Python: Jupyter and Binder, Next steps.

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1. Interactivity in Computer Science EPIC Workshop July 2018 ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 1
2. ! Hi I'm Carol ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 2
3. Carol Willing Research Software Engineer, Cal Poly SLO Project Jupyter, Steering Council Python Software Foundation Fellow Python Core Developer Open Source Hardware and Software Every day, I am a beginner at something. Learn. Build. Share. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 3
4. Why Computer Science? ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 4
5. Help people ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 5
6. Why Interactive? • Creative • Expressive • Fun ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 6
7. My Goals for this workshop • Hands-on • Explore JavaScript and Python • Inspire to do more • Share ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 7
8. What do we need today? • Computer (or Smartphone or Tablet) • Browser (Chrome) • Web • You ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 8
9. ⏰ Schedule ⏰ Time Project 1:10 pm People 1:20 pm Careers 1:30 pm Design at Google 1:45pm JavaScript: p5.js 2:30 pm Python: Jupyter and mybinder.org 2:45 pm Next steps ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 9
10. Project 1 ! People & Teams ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 10
11. Who uses computer science? ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 11
12. Task Choose someone who you would: • want on your team • like to meet • like to ask a question ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 12
13. Luz Rivas California 39th District, Assembly DIY Girls, Founder ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 13
14. Jesus Medrano Uber Eats, Software Engineer ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 14
15. Omoju Miller GitHub, Data Scientist About Omoju “On learning AI: The myth of innate ability in tech.” ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 15
16. Limor Fried Ladyada Adafruit, Founder and CEO Electrical Engineer ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 16
17. Ana Ruvalcaba Project Jupyter, Operations Manager ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 17
18. Bryan Liles Heptio, Engineer Cognitive Bias Talk GitHub - Bryan Liles ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 18
19. You ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 19
20. Project 1 People & teams • Teamwork is important • Find a role model • Ask questions ! Completed ! ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 20
21. Project 2 Computer Science Careers ! " ✈ ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 21
22. Coding is one of many CS careers. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 22
23. If you like ... Organizing, Planning Events • Community Manager • Operations Manager • Project Manager • Business Owner ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 23
24. If you like ... Art • Designer • Computer Human Interaction Engineer • Animator • Web developer ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 24
25. If you like ... Math • Data Scientist • Research Engineer ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 25
26. If you like ... Writing • Product Manager • Documentarian • Game Developer • Web Content Engineer ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 26
27. If you like ... Music • Sound Engineer • Special effects • Computer Generated Musician ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 27
28. Task What interests you? Explore coding and the many other Computer Science careers. Lifelong learning is important in Computer Science. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 28
29. Project 2 Computer Science careers • Find your interests • Learn which career you may like • Understand many careers in CS beyond coding ! Completed ! ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 29
30. Project 3 Design at Google ! " ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 30
31. Google Doodles See the Google Doodles page. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 31
32. Step 1: Try the Doodles Fischinger doodle Hip Hop Snake Game ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 32
33. Step 2: Design/UX Review Choose a Google Doodle. - What things were interactive? - How did it start? - How did it end? - What do you like best? - What would you change? ! UX = User Experience ! ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 33
34. Step 3: Sketch a new doodle • Sketch • What would be interactive? • Theme/Subject of doodle • Share with someone ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 34
35. Extra: Developer tools Inspect doodle web page with Chrome Developer tools. • View ➡ Developer ➡ View source • View ➡ Developer ➡ JavaScript Console • View ➡ Developer ➡ Developer tools Google Web documentation ! JavaScript documentation from Mozilla ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 35
36. Project 3 Design at Google Skills used: - Product research - User Interface and UX - Computer Human Interactions ! Completed ! ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 36
37. Project 4 Get started with JavaScript ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 37
38. p5.js https://p5js.org/ ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 38
39. Learn about p5.js https://hello.p5js.org/ ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 39
40. Explore Reference | Referencia ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 40
41. Try the editor https://alpha.editor.p5js.org/ ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 41
42. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 42
43. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 43
44. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 44
45. Interact • Move mouse over image • Change | Run | Change | Run ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 45
46. Project 4 Get started with JavaScript • Use a new language • Help with Reference • Try the editor • Run an example ✨ Completed ✨ ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 46
47. Project 5 Drawing ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 47
48. Modern websites In general: • HTML ➡ Structure • CSS ➡ Style • JavaScript (.js) ➡ interactivity ! codepen.io to test code ! ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 48
49. sketch.js is a JavaScript file sketch.js function setup() { // put setup code here } function draw() { // put drawing code here } ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 49
50. index.html <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0> <style> body {padding: 0; margin: 0;} </style> <script src="../p5.min.js"></script> <script src="../addons/p5.dom.min.js"></script> <script src="../addons/p5.sound.min.js"></script> <script src="sketch.js"></script> </head> <body> </body> </html> ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 50
51. Canvas The canvas coordinates are different than in math class. - top left (0,0) - bottom right (width-1, height-1) createCanvas(300, 100); // Canvas width is 300 pixels, height is 100 pixels For example: - top left (0,0) - bottom right (299, 99) ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 51
52. Draw an ellipse and circle ellipse(centerPixelsFromLeft, centerPixelsFromTop, width, height); Example function setup() { createCanvas(400, 400); } function draw() { ellipse(150, 90, 20, 20); // Draw a circle (width=height) ellipse(200, 200, 80, 10); // Draw an ellipse } ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 52
53. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 53
54. Draw more shapes function setup() { createCanvas(400, 400); } function draw() { ellipse(150, 90, 20, 20); // Draw a circle (width=height) ellipse(200, 200, 80, 10); // Draw an ellipse line(0, 0, 50, 50); rectangle(300, 200, 50, 30); rectangle(50, 70, 30, 30); } ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 54
55. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 55
56. Explore • Change values • Add a shape • Run examples ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 56
57. Project 5 Drawing • Learn about HTML, CSS, JS files • Understand canvas • Code a shape • Code multiple shapes ! Completed ! ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 57
58. Project 6 Interactivity ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 58
59. Interactivity 1 ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 59
60. Color Red (r) Green (g) Blue (b) A color is a mix of red, green, blue. Color value: 0 to 255 ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 60
61. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 61
62. Interactivity 2 Sliders and Widgets ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 62
63. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 63
64. Project 6 Interactivity • Use widgets • Control using mouse clicks ! Completed ! ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 64
65. Project 7 Python, Jupyter, & Binder ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 65
66. Python https://python.org Press the yellow button. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 66
67. Use Python as an interactive calculator. ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 67
68. Jupyter and Binder https://jupyter.org https://try.jupyter.org https://mybinder.org ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 68
69. https://try.jupyter.org ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 69
70. Project 7 Python, Jupyter, & Binder • Interactivity in the Real World • Python programming language • Project Jupyter - interactive notebooks • Binder - sharing notebooks ! Completed ! ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 70
71. What's next? ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 71
72. Try new applications AI and Machine Learning Examples AI Duet Sound-Maker ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 72
73. Tutorials https://hello.p5js.org/ https://hello.processing.org https://learn.adafruit.com ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 73
74. School classes • College ready curriculum • Ask questions • Remember, you can ! ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 74
75. Great job! ! Your accomplishments ! Number Project 1 People 2 Careers 3 Design at Google Javascript: p5.js 4 Getting started 5 Draw 6 Interactivity 7 Python: Jupyter and mybinder.org 8 Next steps ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 75
76. Thank you willingc AT gmail DOT com ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 76
77. Attributions Photos: Videos: ©Carol Willing, 2018. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/interactivity-in-computer-science 77