Processing

The picture shows my initial script and variation outcome on the left and centre, and my later changes into ellipses on the right.

I decided to look at 5.2.5, and borrowed one of the outcomes - Automation. I suppose this is similar to 5.2.4.
The outcome says:
'Design a tool, script, or workflow that produces design outputs efficiently. Something that you or others can use repeatedly to generate work.'
I thought this one would be extremely interesting to tackle, since I haven't touched any coding in more than 6 years. That being said, I don't know much about creating scripts. I am familiar with Java. Although at first it always feels entirely confusing, after an absurd number of Google searches, I start to find some direction. I find some aspects get rather straightforward after a while.
I wasn't present at the lecture where Processing was introduced and explained. Nor have I been able to find any recordings of it. Regardless, I had a go. Looking back at the previous briefs, I realised I more or less followed a similar outcome, as I designed a script that generates pattern variations.
Mentally, I split the sketch into four layers. The base, the framework, rules for variations, and marks/shapes.
TOTAL_WORKS, current, saveFrame(), randomSeed(), noiseSeed() as infrastructure.
Then, two lines of width and height for the grid.
NOISE_SCALE for visual outlook.
For mark making, I used line at first, then ellipse, as shown in the pictures.
I stuck to a simple script, it supports production, which is what I wanted to achieve, but doesn't offer any animation or interactivity. Nothing that would have required extensive math on my part.

I would love to go into further detail about my process, what I learned and how, but most of what I did I still don't understand properly, and all the staring at letters and symbols drained my brain power.
I usually love writing about projects until whoever reads it must get bored, but I do not have much else to say about this one. Other than the fact that I found it extremely tedious, and that I'm never doing this again.