class 7, nov. 3 🏁

agenda 📜

you’ve finished 3 projects. it’s time to talk about ALL of them.

1. 1
   🔥 warm-up
2. 2
   🧑‍💻 javascript!
3. 3
   🔬 progress reports
4. 4
   ✍️ due next class

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each week from now on, our warm-up exercises will have these goals:

1. 1
   get us off our computers before we’re on them for the rest of the day
2. 2
   wake you up before we start coding
3. 3
   teach us how to critique, debug, and communicate design and code (to humans AND to ai)

today’s exercise: how to draw an animal 🦖

this is a classic computer science exercise that’s even more relevant in the age of ai.

it’s about giving instructions.

step 1

line up based on how awake you feel.

split into groups of 2 or 3.

step 2

in your group, pick the first animal you see from the random animal generator↗

step 3

draw your animal. as you draw it, write detailed instructions for how to replicate your drawing.

you may NOT use the animal’s name or refer to any body parts of the animal!

your instructions must be entirely text-based! no drawn instructions allowed!

you have 15 minutes.

step 4

pass your instructions to the group to your left.

spend 5 minutes drawing the animal using the instructions.

step 5

once again, pass your instructions to the group to your left.

spend 5 minutes drawing the animal using the instructions.

step 6

one more time, pass your instructions to the group to your left.

spend 5 minutes drawing the animal using the instructions.

step 7

everyone pin everything up. let’s discuss: what techniques produced an accurate result?

in conclusion

when you’re coding, you need specific. this was true for html and css but is especially true for javascript and ai.

this exercise represented what coding javascript is like. using just a basic set of principle ideas, how do you create complex things?

with ai prompting, it’s a bit less intimidating. but a new challenge arises: if you aren’t specific enough, ai will make decisions for you!

we’re going to switch over to DEMOLAND↗ now!

you will be presenting your progress reports in groups of 3.

let’s take volunteers for order.

1. 1
   by the end of today’s class, you must submit your javascript exercise to this form!↗

   • →
     submit even if you got stuck!
2. 2
   for your next week’s progress report, focus on the following:

   • →
     having a clear direction of what you want to create or learn through this project
   • →
     producing some sort of prototype in type design
   • →
     producing some sort of prototype in code