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Code Train Live 161: Chaos Game & Quick, Draw! API

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Overview

In this live stream, I code the Chaos Game, which is inspired by my visit at Thinkercon. Plus, I use the Quick, Draw! API to get drawings from the Quick, Draw! dataset.

💻 Chaos Game challenge https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges/123-chaos-game

💻 Quick, Draw! challenge https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges/122-quick-draw

p5.js Web Editor Sketches:

🕹️ The Chaos Game Part 1: https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/BJqKF9KRQ

🕹️ The Chaos Game Part 2: https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/ByF-2qK0X

Timestamps:

04:48 - Logo Interpreter GitHub repo

24:27 - Chaos Game, Part 1

44:40 - Chaos Game, Part 2

1:07:21 - Quick, Draw!

Thinkercon Shoutouts:

DESTIN SANDLIN: https://www.youtube.com/smartereveryday

HENRY REICH: https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics

EMILY GRASLIE: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop

SABRINA CRUZ: https://www.youtube.com/nerdyandquirky

ROBERT KRULWICH: https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab

References:

🔗 Thinkercon: https://www.thinkercon.com/

🔗 Algorithm Archive: https://www.algorithm-archive.org/

🔗 Chaos Game on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_game

🔗 Refactor by Espen Sande Larsen: https://soundcloud.com/espen-sande-larsen-365984601/refactor

🔗 Quick, Draw! Web Component: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/11/introducing-web-component-and-data-api-for-quick-draw.html

🔗 Quick, Draw! API: https://github.com/googlecreativelab/quickdraw-dataset

🔗 Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/quick-draw-data-api

Videos:

🎥 LeoisOS: https://www.youtube.com/LeiosOS

🎥 Numberphile's Chaos Game: https://youtu.be/kbKtFN71Lfs

🎥 ES6 Const: https://youtu.be/2iLVFyYwyRA

🚂 Website: http://thecodingtrain.com/

👾 Share Your Creation! https://thecodingtrain.com/guides/passenger-showcase-guide

🚩 Suggest Topics: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box

💡 GitHub: https://github.com/CodingTrain

💬 Discord: https://thecodingtrain.com/discord

💖 Membership: http://youtube.com/thecodingtrain/join

🛒 Store: https://standard.tv/codingtrain

🖋️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecodingtrain

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.coding.train/

🎥 Coding Challenges: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH

🎥 Intro to Programming: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA

🔗 p5.js: https://p5js.org

🔗 p5.js Web Editor: https://editor.p5js.org/

🔗 Processing: https://processing.org

📄 Code of Conduct: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct

Chapters 4

  1. 04:48Logo Interpreter GitHub repo
  2. 24:27Chaos Game, Part 1
  3. 44:40Chaos Game, Part 2
  4. 1:07:21Quick, Draw!

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • Free, one long video that covers a topic end to end.
  • Use the chapters to jump to what you need.
  • Completely free.
  • Self-paced: start any time.
  • A clear syllabus (4 parts) you can see before you start.
  • Start watching right away, no sign-up.

Disadvantages

  • No exercises or certificate: code along to make it stick.
  • No certificate.
  • No graded assignments or feedback.
  • Recorded in 2018: tools may have changed since.

Some points apply to every course of this kind; see how we rank.

Free

  • Free: Watch on YouTube, no account needed.
  • Certificate: None. Code or take notes along to make it stick.

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