Due December 13. Late deadline December 18 (Friday).
Reading:
In this assignment you will:
Part 1 Study Questions (25 points)
Number each answer and save in a document called Task15Study. Do not repeat the question.
1. What programming language is used to write applets for use with Web pages?
2. What is SQL used for?
3. This language is easy to use, supports OOP, and uses a visual environment.
4. What does it mean when software is “open source”?
5. Choose a common class of objects in your life. The example on page 555 in the textbook is a bicycle. Choose something different.
a. Name the class
b. (2 points) List at least 4 properties of the class
b. (2 points) Give an example of 2 instances of different objects in the class.
6. What is the difference between a syntax error and a logic error in a program?
You will use the online labs that go with the Understanding Computers textbook to answer the following questions. You should have already created a Profile in Task 1. If you have not yet created a profile, follow the steps below. If you have already created a profile, skip to Finding the Visual Programming Lab below.
Creating a Profile:
Go to http://login.course.com
Click New User Registration
Enter the required information and follow the instructions on the New User Registration form.
On the product selection screen, scroll down and choose Understanding Computers Today and Tomorrow 12th Edition, Student Online Companion. Click the Submit button.
Finding the Visual Programming Lab:
Go to http://login.course.com and log in.
Click the tab for (your nickname’s) Page. Select the Understanding Computers Today and Tomorrow 12th Edition, Student Online Companion link.
Click Chapter 13 A window opens for Chapter 13.
Under Interactive Activities, click the Student Edition Labs.
Click on Visual Programming. Go through the Basics of Visual Programming.
Follow the same steps to study Structured vs. Object Oriented Programming, Using Visual Basic, Designing a User Interface, Writing a Program and Running a program.
7. What is the visual programming development cycle?
8. (3 points) List 3 user interface objects.
9. In order to create an object oriented program, what is the first thing you should determine?
10. (3 points) What are the 3 main tools you will use in the Visual Studio environment?
11. What are graphical objects and text used in the design of a graphical interface called?
12. What is the code editor used to enter?
13. What is a procedure?
14. Give an example of an event.
15. (3 points) What are 3 ways to run a Visual Basic program?
Part 3 Analysis and Programming Quiz
Take a 15 question multiple choice quiz on chapter 13 in Understanding Computers.