Daniel Shiffman's free YouTube channel of video tutorials teaching JavaScript and creative coding, often using p5.js for visual and animation projects.

Commenters call the instructor a fantastic teacher with a humor suited to beginners, and praise it as a free way to start coding with visual animation projects.

On Reddit (2)

1. Strongly recommendsimasmakurmomsdumr/learnprogramming2018in “What are the best options to learn programming free as a teenager”

   I would focus on one language and choose that language based on what you want to learn. Javascript is great for beginners and allows you to create visual animation projects. Check out TheCodingTrain youtube channel. He is a fantastic teacher and has just the type of humor for a 15-year-old wanting…

2. RecommendsHolmSchoolr/learnprogramming2019in “Should I learn JavaScript as my first language?”▲ 2

   Heck yes it is a good first language. There are a ton of free JS tutorials too: Coding Train (uses p5.js, https://www.youtube.com/user/shiffman ), Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming ) to start off with. ​ ​ Then there's the YDKJS series…

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