chk
December 24, 2022, 1:07am
#1
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 38 patches and topics, covering everything from A to VL and Vector4 (Split).
Part I: The Big Bang
Introduction
Data Types and IOBoxes
Nodes and Pins
Simple Math
Type Conversion
Colors
Strings
Error Handling
Part II: The Subatomic Particles
2D Rendering
3D Rendering
Complex Data Types
Video and Camera Input
Texture Sources and Effects
Mixing Skia and Stride
Basic Control
Conditions
Animation
Transformations
Text Rendering
Part III: The Expansion of the Universe
Spreads
Iteration
Spread Generators
More About Loops
Pads
Create and Update
Process Nodes
Member Operations
Part IV: The Primordial Soup
Mouse Input
Collision
Triggers and Flops
Counting
Keyboard Input
Audio Input
Ranges
Boolean Logic
Angles
Transitions
Algorithms
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.ThePatchersGuide
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
#2
cool Thanks. I’ll would happily recommand those patches to my students.
Patxi7
January 12, 2023, 8:25am
#3
Me too! wishing to see them.
Thanks!
chk
February 13, 2023, 4:34pm
#4
The tutorials are up and can be installed as a Nuget!
nuget install VL.ThePatchersGuide
This is a tutorial series for beginners of VVVV, a visual programming environment for creative coders, visualists, interaction designers, software engineers, and the like! - GitHub - chkworks/VL.Th...
Have fun and let me know if there are questions or issues!
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sunep
February 15, 2023, 9:56am
#5
@chk just went through these, They’re brilliant.
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chk
February 23, 2023, 11:26am
#6
Just pushed the NuGet with a new name - I was not happy with the old title, but now I am!
nuget install VL.ThePatchersGuide
I guess I have to make sure at some point that it has 42 chapters…
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Cool nuget, aswome contrib! thx!
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chk
April 3, 2023, 5:59pm
#8
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
#12
If you enjoy these patches and find them helpful, please consider supporting me on Ko-Fi!
Thanks a lot to those who already bought me a Mandelbrot and sponsored the development:
Bene, brunotti, @sunep , michaelias, @CeeYaa , @amir , @tobyk , @timpernagel , Shaul Tzemach, @m4d
And special thanks to @remony and @motzi for proof-reading!
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