Back in the day!
Before we got rid of our TRS80 - about 3 months ago, I gave it one last sign-off run. geez, that thing never quit for me - and it's how I learned BASIC
Guy's name was Roy - could sum up 3 weeks of lectures in five minutes sort-a guy. True, the course couldn't have been too hard - I was actually in the sixth form (er - New Zealands 12th year of education - 2nd to last of highschool) when I did the course, and I got an A.
But anyways - no way could it be done in 10 minutes - five classes in ten minutes? you're joking... It wasn't greatly difficult, I coded mine over a fri night + weekend, but it wasn't just fill in the blanks, You were given empty classes - that's method dec's, what they should do, and a few static finals - CELL.COLOR.RED = 1 etc.
Even if you'd done it before, I doubt you could Type the code, comments, and do error checking all in ten mins., I strongly doubt.
Two years ago I was given a connect-four game in JAVA to program for first-year programming.
The course sounds much like yours, assuming no programming knowledge.
I'm unfamiliar with C++, but our assignment was simply to write the classes the connect-four game needed.
a list of players (for tournaments)
a board class to hold rows/columns
etc - I forget, but the program started with selecting/adding players, size of board, len of winning line etc.
We we're given a working game, complete with GUI, that used our classes as we wrote them. that way, if we hadn't finished all the classes, the game could still work.
the programming tested knowledge of loops, checking for winning lines,
stuff like public finals (player colours)
as well as a further understanding of the communication between classes etc.
email tim bell tim@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz for more info
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Back in the day! Before we got rid of our TRS80 - about 3 months ago, I gave it one last sign-off run. geez, that thing never quit for me - and it's how I learned BASIC
Guy's name was Roy - could sum up 3 weeks of lectures in five minutes sort-a guy.
True, the course couldn't have been too hard - I was actually in the sixth form (er - New Zealands 12th year of education - 2nd to last of highschool) when I did the course, and I got an A.
But anyways - no way could it be done in 10 minutes - five classes in ten minutes? you're joking... It wasn't greatly difficult, I coded mine over a fri night + weekend, but it wasn't just fill in the blanks, You were given empty classes - that's method dec's, what they should do, and a few static finals - CELL.COLOR.RED = 1 etc.
Even if you'd done it before, I doubt you could Type the code, comments, and do error checking all in ten mins., I strongly doubt.
Two years ago I was given a connect-four game in JAVA to program for first-year programming. The course sounds much like yours, assuming no programming knowledge. I'm unfamiliar with C++, but our assignment was simply to write the classes the connect-four game needed. a list of players (for tournaments) a board class to hold rows/columns etc - I forget, but the program started with selecting/adding players, size of board, len of winning line etc. We we're given a working game, complete with GUI, that used our classes as we wrote them. that way, if we hadn't finished all the classes, the game could still work. the programming tested knowledge of loops, checking for winning lines, stuff like public finals (player colours) as well as a further understanding of the communication between classes etc. email tim bell tim@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz for more info