SOFT6008 Class 09.4

I e-mailed students an outline of today's class in advance so they could decide whether or not it was worth coming. Most decided it wasn't.

We finished of the coding of cookies.

I explained how cookies are used to track people online and may students seemed genuinely horrified, although probably not enough to quite Facebook.

I spoke a bit about how to tackle the assignment. I might come up with a small example.

[As promised example is now online]

SOFT6008 Class 09.3 A

Students worked on the assignment.

SOFT6008 Class 09.2 & 09.3 W

Students worked on the assignment.

SOFT6007 Class 08.4 W

Attendance was very poor. In fairness, everyone I met in CIT this week seemed a bit tired. Me too.

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.

SOFT6007 Class 09.1

We looed at digital representations of colour. We looked at HSB & RGB

Students might enjoy this RGB game

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

SOFT6007 Class 08.2 & 08.3 W

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.

SOFT6007 Exam 23 November

We will have a 1-hour exam at 1200 on 23 November. The exam will be on JavaScript.

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.

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.