Just to inform you, the lovely reader. I devoted my beloved life to completing A1T1 over Friday and the weekends (approximately a total of 18 hours) due to the fact that I had to research a lot to avoid plagiarism. In the end, I managed to complete this difficult and "fun" task, giving me the feeling of accomplishment. Furthermore, I hadn't had enough and decided to start preparing A1T2 and A1T3 by reading the scheme of learning and creating the document/file itself along with header and footer. This made me ahead of almost everyone around me, which allowed me to help them in return when some students are stuck.
Now the day begins, and our starter was to create a calculator that takes two numbers from a user and multiplies them, resulting in a total (sum). I found this task relatively easy as my experience has improved slowly over the course. Afterwards, "Jovial John" knew most people would completely destroy the first starter, therefore he set two extensions. In the end, I did not make it to the second extension as I spent more time on the first extension. During so, I got stuck midway. My program and coding made sense and worked fine, but I struggled to make the loop work when the user inputs a number below 1 or above 10 onward.
Next, "Jovial John" did a general recap of data types to help prepare us for A1T3. Moreover, he also told us methods to keep our program coding clear so other viewers may understand it. Examples include:
- Camel Case (e.g. NumOne)
- Comments (e.g 'D.Chan)
- Suitable Variable Names (e.g. Temp_Celsius)
- Indentation (tab)
- Readability (paragraphs)
Following on, the "Jovial John" set us an exercise to correct a program he created to make it much more understandable using the stated points above. This is to help prepare us for future assignments so we would make our program and coding look much more professional. As you can see below, I added comments and changed the variable to suitable names so the readability improves. On the other hand, I can improve this by adding indentation.
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| Clear Coding Example (Before & After) |
So the task was completed with success. The whole class continued A1T1, T2, or T3. I used this opportunity and started A1T2 as I had finished A1T1 over the weekend. I found it much easier as I am used to the format and layout from the first task, (muscle memory?!). In the end, I used the text book to locate more information and as a result, I completed this today within a few hours. At that point, I began A1T3 and spent most of my time structuring the document as well as looking up information that "Jovial John" sent us such as an example. This is to help improve my knowledge overall so I can complete this tonight at home. Once completed, I will proof read and I plan to submit all three tasks altogether via Gmail tomorrow (deadline).
Have a wonderful Monday!
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