Coding

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Hydra

Crazy livecoding tool for visual effects. Learn a few functions, chain them together, and boom! Crazy!


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CodeConvert

These tools never work. This one worked perfectly, converting a few pages of Javascript with Cheerio code, to Python with BeautifulSoup code.

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P5Live

Live code P5.js code

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StriveMath

Really interesting collaborative Processing (but the Python version) code editor. Useful for teaching?

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Konbert

Convert JSON to SQL. Upload your JSON data, specify how you want your data to be mapped and they will convert it to a SQL file. Amazing


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ReplIt

Online coding in various languages and environments


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Orca

"Esoteric" generative music coding tool. Can be a challenge to set up, it works with midi, but is so intriguing to use.


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Google Colab

Google Colab Notebooks are documents where you can mix notes and Python code.

They are brilliant for creating teaching resources, or, working on a project where you are figuring it out as you go, because you can create little fragments of code, and run them one at a time.


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Shader Booth

Environment to code GLSL shaders.


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IdFlood

Visual creative coding

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Mr Data

Convert tabular data (.csv) into json

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Nimp.app

Nimp is like Apple Quartz Designer, or Touch Designer. A web-based flow diagram image editor. Interesting.

Lots of high end GLSL graphics tools use this model to create special effects, this tool might be a good introduction to the concepts.


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Blockly Games

Visual coding lessons

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BitBox

Designed for kids (and very like p5js), BitBox is great for learning coding. It has lots of "stamps" and sounds built in.


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ml5js

Machine Learning For The Web


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Luna

Visual coding tool. Data-processing language.


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Codeshare

Nice code editor that you can live code with other people, and chat as you all type.


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p5js Editor

Online editing of Processing projects

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p5 Brush

Library for p5js to create interesting paint tools

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Flyde

Visual coding for web developers

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Cyril

Create audio visualisations with simple coding. Perfect for a VJ because audio-responsive code is built in.


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Turtle Toy

Make arty visualisations and learn Javascript at the same time.

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Thunkable

Create mobile apps using "block-coding"


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PraxisLive

Visual creative coding.


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GSN Composer

Visual node-based graphics editor


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Liveweave

Like JSFiddle, great for learning HTML/CSS/JS

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Stamper for p5js

A modular and visual way to edit p5js code.


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Isadora

Visual coding to create amazing visual effects and project mapping projects.


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Workbench

Visual coding of connected devices (including Google Sheets)

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Meemoo

Interesting Lenticular project, like Holbein's anamorphic skull, using a really interesting visual programming tool, Meemoo. 


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JSON Editor

View JSON data as a tree. Very useful.

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Livecode

Fabulous tool to create mobile and desktop apps, like Powerpoint but with code.


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PlayCode

Really nice REPL for lots of languages which might be useful for teaching or learning coding.

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Handel

Handel is a small procedural programming language for writting songs in browser.


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Pure Data

Pure data is a visual programming tool to manipulate audio, images and videos. This is the free alternative to Max/MSP.


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Refiddle

Learn how Regexs work


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Faust Playground

Start audio processing with a flow diagram like language in the browser. OMG! Amazing!


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Godot Engine

Free, open source games development environment. One day, I'll get round to having a go with Godot.


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Javascript Snippets

A collection of useful Javascript snippets to do all sorts of things. Handy!


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Wekinator

Machine Learning Controllers


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Webmaker App

Online live playground

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Collection of ML Tools for Art

Great collection of Machine Learning for Art projects, all with code samples.


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Meerkat

Python tool for data wranging of .csv files


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Glisp

Web-based creative coding environment. But this one uses the LISP programming language.


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Dabblet

Live hacking of CSS code. Greate for learning.


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Faust

Fairly complex programming for Digital Signal Processing (making crazy sounds)

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VidCode

A site to learn how to code


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MotifN

Really Interesting Javascript-based live-coding music site.

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Shader Frong

Create complex GLSL special effects shaders, without coding.

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Tynker

A coding-for-kids environment, with Scratch-like block coding, or indeed Javascript and Python for more ambitious projects. Also has "Parent" mode. Free 


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Collection of Javascript Snippets

Single line examples of how to do all sorts of things with Javascript


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Regexer

LIve editing of regular expressions.


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MIT AppInventor

Create mobile apps using "block-coding"

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Arcade Makecode

A block-coding/javascript tool (like Scratch) aimed at creating games for things like Raspberry Pi (small computers)

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Scratch

No better place to start learning to code than with Scratch.


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Pinecone

A web app making flatform that hosts from node.js, but your code is pure Python. Interesting.


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JSFiddle

Live hacking of HTML/CSS/Javascript

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Nodes

A visual flow-based coding tool for generative art.


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NestUp

Nestup is an experimental markup language for musical rhythms. It's specifically designed to break away from a fixed musical grid. The name is a contraction of nested tuplets, which are hard to program on a piano roll but easy to notate with Nestup.


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OpenProcessing

See fab visualisations and animations and begin hacking them.


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PocketBase

Small database for Javascript dev... looks like it might be powerful and useful to use on Glitch.com. It's SQLite under the hood but has things like authentication which appeals to me as a hobby dev.

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Glitch

Fork, hack and host your projects. Learn from other people's code

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Pts.js

A Javascript-based creating coding framework.


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WordsAPI

A really power API for getting words to generate stories etc.


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Mosiac

Mosaic is a visual thinking toolkit made by artists, for artists. It is a visual patching creative-coding tool.


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Oh My Git

A game to teach GIT


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OctoStudio

Fabulous Scratch-based authoring system (on mobile) that has better connection to the devices gyroscope, camera, light etc.

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Easy Lang

EasyLang is a web-based programming language that is simple and doesn't have arbitrary syntax.

This is how Python started, a language to help people learn coding. Really excellent.


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MIT App Inventor

MIT App Inventor is a block-coding tool with which you can create downloadable Android applications as .apk files, FOR FREE!

 


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Processing

Loved by data scientists and artists, this editor lets you code fabulous things


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Jer Thorp - Data Artist

Creator of so many interesting projects and ideas.

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Fantastic List of Generative Tools

From creating maps, to languagues, to dungeons or artwork, this list has lots of generative tools to help you.

There are end-user tools, code frameworks, free tools, paid tools and lots I'd never heard of.


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Exhibition of Processing projects

Over 14 pages of cool projects made with Processing

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Machine Learning For Kids

Lots of worksheets to do really amazing projects with machine learning and Scratch!


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The HTML Review

Interesting poetry meets coding site.

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Made With Twine

Interactive narrative games made with Twine. Go play with these then make your own.


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Scratch Gallery

Scratch is an amazing block-coding tool, a place where kids learn all they need to know about coding concepts. It's amazing what you can do with Scratch, go explore and have fun.


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The Life And Times of Yahoo Pipes

Yahoo pipes, a visual data plumbing tool was one of the really cool tools/ideas of the dotcom era. You can see a little of it in Orange3 or Enso (check them out too).

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Esoteric Codes

An incredible collection of really unusual coding things.


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Best Thunkable Apps 2019

Nice list of the sorts of apps you can make with the block-coding (like Scratch) tool, Thunkable.


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Lauren presents p5js

Lauren both introduces the making of p5js and demonstrates how totally cool p5js is, highlighting some of it best features.


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Three.js

Three.js is code to help create web 3D. Explore the creations people have made with Three.js.

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HackPact

Lots of sonification examples.


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Example of Orca Being Played

Orca is a fantastic. spreadsheet-like way to code music.


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Experiments With Google

Cool things from Google

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Livecoding with FoxDot

Livecoding session. Watch people make music with code....LIVE!


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Collection of Visual Programming Languages

Amazing collection of visual coding tools


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That Creative Code Page

A lovely collection of the common algorithms used for lots of creative coding pieces.


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MIT App Invention of the Month

A gallery of great apps and games made with MIT App Inventor, and the best thing is, you can look at the code to see how they did it, or remix an app to make your own version.


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Data.gov.uk

Find data published by central government, local authorities and public bodies to help you build products and services

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Kaggle

Data to download

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MIT App Inventor Extensions

Thunkable is based on a very similar free tool call MIT App Inventor. Because lots of people create Extensions for it, that also work with Thunkable, you can find extra code, called Extensions which do everything from rotation detection, to sound analysis, to QR code recognition and connecting to other devices.


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List of Text Editors

Choosing a text editor for coding is a very personal choice. Some have "too many" features, others are too simple. You may need to try more than a few to find one that you like working in, but it's not until you start on an actual project, that you'll be really able to tell.


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30 Days of Python

Brilliant collection of python examples.


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DBPedia

Structured data from the web