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.

SOFT6007 Class 08.1

We had an exam.

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.

SOFT6007 JavaScript re-cap

If you missed the classes on JavaScript last week, this video might go some way to filling in the gaps in your knowledge. (If you're in a hurry skip to 19:00)

SOFT6007 Classes 07.2 & 07.3 & 07.4

Students worked on the assignment.

I saw little evidence that students who missed the classes on JavaScript last week had adressed the gaps in their knowledge in the meantime.

SOFT6007 Classes 07.2 & 07.3

Students worked on the assignment.

I saw little evidence that students who missed the classes on JavaScript last week had adressed the gaps in their knowledge in the meantime.

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.

SOFT6007 Class 06.4 W

Nobody turned up to class

SOFT6007 Class 06.2 & 06.3 & 06.4 N

I asked students to look at the spec for the assignment so that I could answer any questions they might have.

We looked at JavaScript and I talked students through the Coin Toss & Dice Game examples.  I asked students to take a look at the code and made sure they understand it.

Students who understand the code should be able to extend it to make a slot machine.

Everybody left after two hours.

Slides: 2015-JS01b.pdf

SOFT6007 Assignment Spec update

I emailed an update of the spec to all students. The updated spec does not require a JavaScript game to be included.

SOFT6007 Slot machine images

These might be useful for the slot machine exercise:

SOFT6007 Class 06.2 & 06.3 W

I asked students to look at the spec for the assignment so that I could answer any questions they might have.

We looked at JavaScript and I talked students through the Coin Toss & Dice Game examples.  I asked students to take a look at the code and made sure they understand it.

Students who understand the code should be able to extend it to make a slot machine.

Slides: 2015-JS01b.pdf

SOFT6008 Attendance Week 06

Attendance for Week 06 was 45%