SOFT6008 Class 09.1 W

Students worked on the assignment. Most I spoke to were still working on Part A

SOFT6008 Class 09.1 B

Students worked on the assignment.

We had to evacuate due to a fire alarm. Some of us found ourselves in C128 where we carried on. Sorry if we lost you in the commotion.

Most students I spoke to are finished Part A, and the others are nearly there. But I've no idea who those I haven't seen are doing.

SOFT6008 Class 09.1 & 09.2 A

Students worked on the assignment. Many are finished Part A

SOFT6008 Classes 08.2 & 08.3 & 08.4 N

Students worked on the assignment

SOFT6008 Exam 25 November

We will have a 1-hour exam at 1300 on 25 November.

This will be a closed book exam. No bags, notes, phones, pencil cases, nor calculators will be allowed in the exam hall.

Students may use pen or pencil, but sharing of rubbers will not be allowed.

Students must bring their ID cards with them.

Please arrive early so that we can start on time.

SOFT6008 Class 08.4

We talked briefly about Part A of the assignment.

We looked at the Mr. Spud Head example and the T-Shirt example.

We began our look at cookies. Slides 2015-JS03d.pdf

audio SOFT6008-08-4-20151104.mp3

If you are interested you can read more about he privacy implications of cookies at
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/08/online-privacy

SOFT6008 Class 08.3 A

Students worked on the assignment

SOFT6008 Assignment Part A

I have put some text values on the blog and clarified a few things about the requirements.

SOFT6008 Classes 08.2 & 08.3 W

Students worked on the assignment. Progress is slow but steady.

SOFT6008 Deadline extension

The deadline for Part A of the Assignment (checksums) has been extended to Noon on Friday 13 November

SOFT6008 Class 08.1 W

Students worked on code for the assignment.

SOFT6008 Class 08.1 & 08.2 A

Attendance in class was good today, but I was disappointed to learn that many students are only starting work on the assignment now.

I had to leave early to be in place for an exam with another class.

SOFT6008 Classes 07.2 & 07.3 B

Students worked on coding checksums. 

Attendance was poor

SOFT6008 Class 07.4

We looked at some more checksum calculations for user inout validation and I talked a bit about how one might code them.


When discussing the PPSN I drew students' attention to the relationship between the loop counter (n) and the multiplier.

n	multiplier
0	8
1	7
2	6
3	5
4	4
5	3
6	2

The multiplier is 8-n


When discussing the henkilötunnus I wasn't clear on whether the start of the list of check letters was considered 0 or 1. It's 0. So 311280-999J is a valid henkilötunnus.
I have updated the slides so this is clearer.

SOFT6008-07-4-20151028.mp3

SOFT6008 Class 07.3 A

Students worked on coding checksums.

Attendance was poor

SOFT6008 Class 07.2 & 07.3 W

Students worked on coding checksums

Holiday

Monday 27 October a holiday in Ireland.

SOFT6008 Attendance Week 06

Attendance for Week 06 was 45%

SOFT6008 Class 06.2 & 06.3 B

Students worked on coding checksum calculations for the assignment

SOFT6008 Class 06.4

We looked at different ways to code the Luhn algorithm.

We looked at EAN, ISBN, and PPSN algorithms

Audio: SOFT6008-06-4-20151021.mp3