Wednesday, September 26, 2007

What choices did you face in developing your solution, and how did you choose among them? The choices i had to face in developing my solutions would be writing the right code in my java program on the exercise 3 lesson. I would have to ethier choose if i need to use length(); or toLowerCase; or toUpperCase; which all have different functions. length(); takes a certain ammount of letters out of your string depending on where you tell it to start. toLowerCase, allows you to put all the letters in your string into lower case. toUpperCase, allows you to pull all the letters into UpperCase.

Friday, September 21, 2007

1. What problems did you encounter while developing your solution? How do you plan to overcome
them?/How did you overcome them? The problem I faced today was plotting correctly. I had to read the java code and plot the coordinates on graph paper. I also had to make sure that my math operations were correct otherwise, my image would look incorrect. In order to insure that I was correct I paid attention to detail to ensure that the image would be correct.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

What progress did you make today on your solution? What needs to be completed next class? Today the progress I made was working on the Lesson 2 exercises. I have almost finished this lesson 2. next class I need to complete it and move on to lesson 4 and lesson 5. After I have completed that I will have to do the worksheet A3.2. And last I must complete Worksheet A3.3 Math Operations. I hope to finished most of this in class tomorrow and a little tomorrow afternoon.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Provide yourself an example (not one from your instructor) of how you use a particular command that
will help jog your memory in the future when you need that command again. You must provide a little
code as well as a written explanation with this one.

The System.out.println(); task allows you to draw or type things in the java application. I can remember this, because when I hear print I think of writing and printing a paper or drawing a picture. System.out.println basically lets you do this it allows you to create a document or text image and upload it onto java. for example with system.out.println I made a snake today in class (with text art of course).

Friday, September 14, 2007

What progress did you make today on your solution? What needs to be completed next class?
Today I made progress on the Introduction to Object Oriented Programmign Worksheet. I have begun writing the definition for object and instance. I have also answered questions 1-4. Tomorrow I need to define Class, Method, Message, and Arguement. I will also have to do questions 5-7. If I complete that Monday I will be able to move on to the assignment.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

4. Are there any specific tips you would give to someone else tackling the same problem? How would
what you suggest benefit that person in solving the problem?A tip I would give is when writing your code try using marker.move commands when you are typing the code. This helps to make drawling lines quicker and faster instead of using the marker.forward commands and the marker.turn(left or right) commands. This will benefit you because it makes code quicker and easier. It aslo gives you time to do other codes that need to be finished in class.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

How did you go about testing your program? What were the results of that testing?
I tested the program by right clicking the program clicking Run As, and then Java Application. In doing this I could see the out come of my program. I could also see if I needed corrections. If corrections were needed I would go back rewrite parts of the programs and test once again in the Java Application.

Monday, September 10, 2007

What problems did you encounter while developing your solution? How do you plan to overcome
them?/How did you overcome them? While developing my solution I had the problem with getting the marker to turn at the right degree. I solved this by trial and error, I would try a certain degree, test it and make corrections if needed. I also had the problem of errors on the program that were written wrong. I had to correct these by writing them correctly or asking someone for help on how to fix the code if I did not know how.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

What choices did you face in developing your solution, and how did you choose among them? One of the choices I faced in devloping my solution today was what to name a java project we did it wasnt a very hard choice but it still was one. I decided to name it Javaproject