p5.Matrix made public

[ksen0]

Increasing access

The access statement covers technical maintenance and improvements in the following way:

We believe consistency of the tool makes it more accessible for beginners. Examples of feature requests that improve accessibility include: Performance increases for people using less powerful hardware; Consistency in the API

Making p5.Matrix available for both general and WEBGL use can support beginners who are using p5.js to encounter and learn mathematical concepts, which are important to many creative coding practices.

Most appropriate sub-area of p5.js?

• Accessibility
• Color
• Core/Environment/Rendering
• Data
• DOM
• Events
• Image
• IO
• Math
• Typography
• Utilities
• WebGL
• Build process
• Unit testing
• Internationalization
• Friendly errors
• Other (specify if possible)

Feature enhancement details

p5.Matrix is currently a private class that is used extensively for WEBGL and provides some general-purpose math functions. The goal is to make it public in a way that supports beginners to both graphics usage and mathematics more generally.

[ksen0]

Input is welcome on criteria to make p5.Matrix more supportive of beginners. You can find the current implementation in the dev-2.0 branch.

[Mamatha1718]

Hi @ksen0 👋,

I would like to tackle this issue, From what I understand, the main goal is to make p5.Matrix publicly available and beginner-friendly — both for general use and WebGL — so that it helps folks learn matrix math more easily through p5.js.

I’m thinking of working on refactoring it to a more general location (like src/math/), making the API simpler and consistent, and then adding beginner-focused documentation and examples. Before diving in, I wanted to check with you:

=> Which files should I focus on for making the Matrix class public and usable?
=> Where should I update/add documentation and examples?
=> Is there anything specific you’d like to see in terms of the beginner experience?

Thanks in Advance 😊