Weekly Status Report # 9

This week we enhanced our knowledge in for and next loops. We got an handout that gave us instruction on how to make the loop program and we had to folow it to see that its purpose was. This week for full of loop activities. As well we did a report on computer related careers. We analyzed the careers in groups and choose 6 to report on. The only trouble i encountered was the security problem that was related to the slide show program. Other then that the loops programs were easy. The report on the computer related careers took two classes to complete and was faily long. I would like to learn somehting besides loops next week.

Weekly status report # 8

This week we got our first major project in computer science class. We had to design a program that gets the pizza size, pizza type, side orders, drinks, and toppings. The customer is suppose to pick what they want and recieve the subtotal of the pizza and the total of all the sideorders and drinks. This was a programming challenge in the beggining when i didnt understand the program but upon further investigation it was quite simple and easy. The dialog boxes were quite simple and easy to program. I hope to learn more about looping next week and how to use it properly. Overall i had fun doing this project with my partner.

Weekly Status Report # 7

This week in computer science i learned how to create menu strips and dialog boxes. On Monday we got the payroll program with a lesson. I had to design a program that would calculate the wage of a worker depending on the number of hours he worked as well as the copies of cups he sold. On Tuesday we got a work period to work on our programs, On Tuesday i finished my payroll program with the help of brian. On Wednesday we got an extendsion of the payroll program which was pretty simple. Thursday we had a literacy Test so i didnt get to work on my program. Friday we had another work period to work on the extension for the payroll program. As well Mrs. Emammi pointed out the flaws in the instruction sheet how you had to put "showdialog" instead of "Dialog".

My future goals in this class is to be a good programmer and be an efficent problem solver. My goal for next week is to keep up with the programs and not fall behind in work. In total i have completed the strings tutorial, string program, payroll program, and the extension to the payroll program. The challenges i had to face this week was to figure out why the program wouldnt work on Tuesday. I also needed to add the correct code to the correct dialog box. I have learned alot about VB this week and hope to learn even more next week.

Weekly status report # 10 (draft

This monday we got a new proram, the timer control. The timer control is used to make a stopwatch or a regular watch. The timer control also notifies a person when a certain time interval is over. There are two main properties in a timer control. 1st property is the enabled control. This enables the timer control to activate or deactivate depending on the timer control. The second propertyis the interval. The interval property decides at which interval the user should be notified. It is usually mesaured in milliseconds. On Monday we also made a stopwatch program that had to start when when the start button was clicked or stop when the stop button was clicked. On Tuesday we had a short period so we did presentations of the computer related careers project. On Wednesday we continued with the presentation and an inclass review for the test on thursday. Today being Thursday we had a test.

Weekly Status Report # 6

This week I completed the essay for the preparation of the literacy test. I also completed the the strings assignment we got with the chart sheet on string. I also filled in the empty boxes that we had to fill out by experimenting with the strings.exe program on the I drive for the students. I also completed my status report on friday. During the week we also got the sheet on data types that showed us different types of data and when to use them. I also had to make the temperature converter program. I had alot of difficulty with the program because i didnt know what we had to do, but once i read the instructions and took a closer look at the program it was faily easy. Something i learned new this week was how to enter a picture in your program in VB.
I also did the extras on my program. In the extras I had to change the colour of the background depending on the temperature. If it was cold then the background color was suppose to be dark blue and when it was boiling it was suppose to be red. I also learned how to write the code for the background colour. This week was fairly a good experience even though i was away one class. Next week I want to get better at solving my own programs problems.

Weekly Status Report # 5

This week in computer programming i finished all my work by wednesday. I did the case sheet, and the if/else sheet. We had 2 lessons on errors in VB. Some of the error are compiler errors, runtime error, and logic error. We analyzed these errors and how to fix and recognize them. I also finished my summative assignment the voting program with the flow chart and the internal documentation as well as the external documentation. We also had a programing test on thursday which i found very easy.
My objectives for next week is to learn how to deal with errors of all kind in experince. I also want to know how a check listbox works and what the code is for the VB so i can use it in the pizza program. I would also like to know more about the external parts of a computer and how the insides of a computer works. Friday we had almost a free period becasue barley anyone was here so we got to work on our pizza program and extend it by adding a check listbox.

weekly status report # 4

This week i learned about the decision making process in the VB code. The if/else code helps a program decide what is the better option and picks it to match the users needs. We also learned about the case scenario and how that is a better option then if/else if there are more then three choices in the program. This week i completed all the activities on the if/else sheet as well as some of the activities on the case sheet. Our Multipurpose calculators were also marked this week. The skills i learned were in which situations should i use the if/else or case decision making process. I also learned how to use case code and if/else code in VB. We had 2 days to complete our work and activities.

My objectives for next week is to be fluent in the code for if/else and case. I also want to achieve high grades in any upcoming projects as well as the quiz next Thursday. The problem/challenge i had this week was how to turn uppercase letters entered by the user to lowercase. All i had to do is to declare (.lowercase) lowercase. Which was so simple yet complicated to figure out. All in all this week was a good week which helped me improve my VB skills.