Okay, so I’ve been seeing this “Christiana Ritchie” name pop up all over my feeds, mostly related to some cool data viz stuff. I figured, let’s dive in and see what I can make with it. No clue what I’m doing, but that’s half the fun, right?
First thing I did was just hit up google, just searched “Christiana Ritchie” to see what would appear. I found that there are many people with the same name, so I added the keyword “data” for my searching.
I started poking around,I needed to get the basic. I spent some time, just clicking around her profile, checking out examples. It looked like she was using a tool to draw something.
Getting My Hands Dirty
I needed to download and install a tool called “Processing”.I had to pick the right version, click the download, and unzip the thing. Pretty standard stuff, took like 5 minutes, tops.
Now, the real fun begins, time to code!.I wanted to start simple. I created a canvas and a circle in the *’s kind of * hey, it’s a start!
- Created my first file.
- Typed in a simple code to draw something.
- Realized I had the wrong size *!
After a few tries.I managed to make a canvas with a few shapes and *’s not perfect but It felt pretty awesome to see something I made, even if it’s just a bunch of circles and squares.
I am just getting started, I’m sure it gets way more complicated. But for a first go-around, it was surprisingly easy to get something basic up and running. Now, I can proudly say that I learned how to use processing today.
