chk
December 24, 2022, 1:07am
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End of October '22 a friend asked me if I could make a collection of nodes for him that he should definitely know when learning Gamma. So during Nodevember I sat down going through every single node in the node browser to do so. The outcome now is a beginner tutorial series of 42 patches and topics, covering everything from A to VL and Vector4 (Split).
Part I: The Initial Singularity
Introduction
Types & IOBoxes
Nodes & Pins
Simple Math
Type Conversion
Colors
Strings
Errors
Part II: The Subatomic Particles
2D Rendering
3D Rendering
Complex Types
Process Nodes
Video & Camera Input
Texture Sources & Effects
Mixing Skia & Stride
Control Patches
Animation
Typography
Transformations
Part III: The Cosmic Inflation
Spreads
Iteration
Spread Generators
Looping Techniques
Pads
Update & Create
Managing Spreads
Dictionaries
Part IV: The Primordial Soup
Mouse Input
Collision
Triggers & Flops
Counting
Keyboard Input
Audio Input
Boolean Logic
Ranges
Angles
Transitions
Algorithms
Part V: The Origin of Life
Mutability WIP
Records & Classes WIP
Operations WIP
Objects as Process Nodes WIP
The Lifecycle of an Object WIP
This is a tutorial series for beginners of vvvv, a visual programming environment for technologists in creative coding, data and sound visualization, multimedia art, interaction design, software en...
nuget install VL.TheBigBang
Some dogmas I had during the creation:
All nodes are only from the standard set in the node browser.
2D and 3D drawing is treated and taught completely equally, all principles are presented for Skia and Stride.
No node is ever used that is not explained in the current patch or hasn’t been in one of the previous ones.
Focus on clear principles and try not to go extremely complex.
Have fun exploring and bussi baba!
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ravel
December 29, 2022, 10:19am
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cool Thanks. I’ll would happily recommand those patches to my students.
Patxi7
January 12, 2023, 8:25am
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Me too! wishing to see them.
Thanks!
chk
February 13, 2023, 4:34pm
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The tutorials are up and can be installed as a Nuget!
nuget install VL.TheBigBang
This is a tutorial series for beginners of vvvv, a visual programming environment for technologists in creative coding, data and sound visualization, multimedia art, interaction design, software en...
Have fun and let me know if there are questions or issues!
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sunep
February 15, 2023, 9:56am
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@chk just went through these, They’re brilliant.
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Cool nuget, aswome contrib! thx!
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chk
April 3, 2023, 5:59pm
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I started releasing a video tutorial series based on this nuget on YouTube .
Check it out in the other thread:
Video Tutorial Series for Absolute Beginners of VL
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The quality of the videos is impressive. Great job and keep it coming!
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chk
April 9, 2023, 5:01pm
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If you enjoy these patches and find them helpful, please consider supporting me on Ko-Fi!
Special thanks to @remony and @motzi for proof-reading!
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chk
March 7, 2024, 4:03pm
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Hey vvvvolks! I updated the nuget so it works with the upcoming version 6.0, did some patch housekeeping and added a few WIP patches about topics I plan to add to the tutorial in the future.
But most important is to mention: I renamed it to VL.TheBigBang !
From now on make sure to use the following command to install it:
nuget install VL.TheBigBang
Please let me know if you still encounter issues that need to be fixed for the next stable. Thanks!
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chk
March 24, 2024, 8:30pm
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New in version 6.1.0 - a chapter about Dictionaries .
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