Python
Part I of GMU:Bots 'n' Plots.
Topics
Introduction to Social Bots
How do you spot a bot?
A little history of chatter bots
- Loebner Prize
 - From ELIZA to SIRI to HER
 
A little history of plotter bots
- AARON
 - 1960s Computer Art
 - Creative Machine Exhibition at Goldsmiths
 
A little history of computer poetry
- Bots on Twitter
 - Systema Naturae of Bots
 
Learning to use the Tools
Using the Wiki + the Mailinglist
Using Twitter
- The Twitter Glossary
 - Sign The Fxxk Up! and follow @botsnplots
 - Twitter Apps and the Twitter API
 
Using Python in Processing
Using iPython Notebooks
Learn Programming in Python
- Commands
 - Variables
 - Control Flow
 - Functions
 - Dictionaries, Lists, Sets
 
Links
Python
TO BE DONE
Processing
TO BE DONE
Wiki
TO BE DONE
TO BE DONE
Literature
Python Books
TO BE DONE
- Beazley, David: Python Cookbook ISBN 978-1449340377
 - Chan, Jamie: Learn Python in One Day and Learn it Well ISBN 978-1506094380
 - Blum, Richard: Python Programming for Raspberry Pi ISBN 978-0789752055
 - Zelle, John: Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science ISBN 978-1590282410
 - Gries, Paul: Practical Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Python 3 ISBN 978-1937785451
 
Processing Books
- Bartmann, Erik: Processing: kreativ programmieren mit Processing; für Designer, Künstler und Geeks; visuelle Welten gestalten ISBN 978-3-89721-997-7
 - Greenberg, Ira Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art ISBN 9781590596173
 - Hartmut Bohnacker, Benedikt Groß, Julia Laub (herausg.: Lazzeroni, Claudius): Generative Gestaltung: Entwerfen. Programmieren. Visualisieren. ISBN 978-3-87439-759-9
 - Maeda, John: Creative Code: Ästhetik und Programmierung am MIT Media Lab ISBN 3764371080
 - Maeda, John: Maeda@media ISBN 0500282358
 - Noble, Joshua: Programming interactivity: a designer's guide to processing, Arduino, and openFrameworks ISBN 0-596-15414-3
 - Pearson, Matt: Generative Art - A Practical Guide Using Processing, 2011 Manning, ISBN 978-1935182627
 - Reas, Casey; Fry, Ben: Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists ISBN 978-0262182621
 - Reas, Casey; McWilliams, Chandler: Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture ISBN 978-1568989372
 - Shiffman, Daniel Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction ISBN 9780123736024
 - Terzidis, Kostas: Algorithms for visual design using the processing language ISBN 978-0-470-37548-8