Coding - il linguaggio nascosto delle cose (POK)

Offered by Politecnico di Milano,
Coding - il linguaggio nascosto delle cose (POK)

Il corso mostra, tramite alcuni esempi, una delle possibilità offerta dalla diffusione dei calcolatori nel mondo che ci circonda: comunicare con gli oggetti usando "il linguaggio", per programmarli e realizzare idee altrimenti impossibili.

Il corso si propone di presentare una delle più interessanti opportunità offerte dalla diffusione dei computer e dall’informatica nel mondo di oggi: poter interagire con gli oggetti e l’ambiente, sia fisici che virtuali, attraverso dei “linguaggi” analoghi a quelli che usiamo tutti i giorni per esprimerci, raccontare storie, coordinarci...

Il potere espressivo di questi linguaggi, unito alla capacità dei calcolatori e dei dispositivi automatici di eseguire comandi a velocità elevatissime, rende possibili cose neppure pensabili tramite l’interazione “abituale” con gli oggetti.
Nel corso sperimenteremo l’utilizzo di uno di questi "codici" e, attraverso pochi e semplici elementi di javascript, proveremo a modificare immagini digitali e capolavori puntinisti, e creare melodie utilizzando carillon virtuali.. per scoprire che tutta l’informazione sul mondo che ci circonda è descrivibile numericamente.
È stato scelto Javascript per diverse ragioni: può essere eseguito praticamente in qualsiasi browser, è molto diffuso ed è utilizzato per animare la quasi totalità dei siti web con i quali interagisci normalmente.
L’obiettivo del corso non è quello di portare i partecipanti a essere in grado di programmare o di scrivere un’applicazione completa, ma di farsi una prima idea, basata su alcuni esempi concreti (e speriamo interessanti!), di cosa sia e che cosa si possa fare con un linguaggio di programmazione.
Se gli esempi proposti ti avranno incuriosito, ti mancherà solo un po’ di approfondimento per arrivare a scrivere un semplice programma.
Al termine del corso verrà attivata una nuova edizione.
I video e i materiali didattici rimarranno disponibili anche dopo la conclusione dell’edizione.

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