4. Are there any specific tips you would give to someone else tackling the same problem? How would what you suggest benefit that person in solving the problem?
Today my problem was trying to fully understand variables. I would suggest that someone take their book home and read through the chapter. If they don't already have the Visual Basic program we are using on their computer at home, I would suggest they download it. This would enable them to glean a better understanding from the book, and they could practice their knowledge on the program. This would be especially helpful for them if they had missed being able to practice in class. Doing the exercises the book provides would also be beneficial because they could check the answers.
9.26.2007
9.25.2007
Tuesday September 25, 2007
Today I was in class for about 5 minutes before I had to leave for the College Career center to learn about colleges in Europe and Australia :)
Monday September 24, 2007
Today I read some of Dracula by Bram Stoker. In the story, Jonathan Harker awakens at the count's house. He finds breakfast (or supper; it is about 5 o'clock in the evening) waiting on a table for him outside his room. After eating, he wanders into a library, which is suprised to discover holds many English texts. Apparently, the count learned the English language and some of England's customs by reading alone. He is very eager to move to his new house in England, which Harker is there to sell to him.
9.23.2007
9.20.2007
Thursday September 20, 2007
5. Provide yourself an example (not one from your instructor) of how you use a particular command that will help jog your memory in the future when you need that command again. You must provide a little code as well as a written explanation with this one.
To move an object up or down a certain number of pixels, I use the code:
Me.pbSmiley.Left = pbSmiley.Location.X - 5
This is will easier to remember later, becuase 'location' makes sense, as the object is moving. Also, X-5 reminds me of x and y mathematically, so it will be easy to remember how to move the object I need to move, and which is which.
To move an object up or down a certain number of pixels, I use the code:
Me.pbSmiley.Left = pbSmiley.Location.X - 5
This is will easier to remember later, becuase 'location' makes sense, as the object is moving. Also, X-5 reminds me of x and y mathematically, so it will be easy to remember how to move the object I need to move, and which is which.
9.19.2007
Wednesday September 19, 2007
6. What progress did you make today on your solution? What needs to be completed next class?
Today, I succeeded in finishing the project we were assigned. This was somewhat surprising, but definitely pleasing; a little less stress. The smiley faces all appear when linked, and the buttons move the picture of the smiley face 5 pixels in the indicated direction. Next class, I may try to get ahead and ask for more work, but more likely I will be rapidly trying to write an essay for AP Euro :).
Today, I succeeded in finishing the project we were assigned. This was somewhat surprising, but definitely pleasing; a little less stress. The smiley faces all appear when linked, and the buttons move the picture of the smiley face 5 pixels in the indicated direction. Next class, I may try to get ahead and ask for more work, but more likely I will be rapidly trying to write an essay for AP Euro :).
9.18.2007
Tuesday September 18, 2007
1. What problems did you encounter while developing your solution? How do you plan to overcome them?/How did you overcome them?
Today I had some problems coding the last of the exercised, the one about moving a text label around the box. This was because I don't know how to code in a location change. I'm guessing it is something like "Me.Label1.location" or something similar. I am coming in after the Perspectives meeting at lunch today, and hopefully then I'll find out how to move the label :D
Today I had some problems coding the last of the exercised, the one about moving a text label around the box. This was because I don't know how to code in a location change. I'm guessing it is something like "Me.Label1.location" or something similar. I am coming in after the Perspectives meeting at lunch today, and hopefully then I'll find out how to move the label :D
9.17.2007
Monday September 17, 2007
Today I was reading the end of a book I got out from the Media Center, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. She has the oddest last name...anyway. It it one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read and frankly I'm shocked to find it in a school media center. It it about a man who has 'chrono-displacement syndrome'; he involuntarily time travels for short spans of time. In the part I just read, Henry died (as I knew he would) and Clare is trying to start getting on with her life again. I'm fairly sure I only have about 10 pages left. This makes me sad; it was an amazing read.
9.16.2007
9.11.2007
Tuesday September 11, 2007
3. How did you go about testing your program? What were the results of that testing?
To test my program, I clicked the run button on the toolbar at the top of the screen. When I ran it, I discovered that my programming was right.
P.S. Sorry, I don't know how to make this 5 sentences :(
To test my program, I clicked the run button on the toolbar at the top of the screen. When I ran it, I discovered that my programming was right.
P.S. Sorry, I don't know how to make this 5 sentences :(
9.10.2007
Monday September 10, 2007
Today I read part of my friend Justin (Kenel)'s story that he sent me to proofread via email. It is an interesting story so far, about hardened criminals being enrolled in a 'Genesis Race' that they know nothing about before they sign up. I haven't gotten very far, and he didn't send me a summary, so I'm not sure what is going to happen. I also read part of a book from the library called The Darkangel. It involves a vampyre (purposely spelled wrong) and a girl named Aeriel who is trying to save her world. I just read the closure of a battle and the start of her journey back across the plains to defeat the icarus.
9.07.2007
Friday September 7, 2007
1. What problems di you engcounter while developing your solution? How do you plan to overcome them?/How did you overcome them?
1. I did not know how to make a menu strip, or in fact if that's what the exercise called for. Justin helped me (obviously) find a menu strip in which I placed a File>Exit command. I also did not know how to make multi-lined labels. You, Ms. Petr, helped me figure that one out.
1. I did not know how to make a menu strip, or in fact if that's what the exercise called for. Justin helped me (obviously) find a menu strip in which I placed a File>Exit command. I also did not know how to make multi-lined labels. You, Ms. Petr, helped me figure that one out.
9.06.2007
Thursday September 6, 2007 (my birthday!)
2. What choices did youface in developing your solution, and how did you choose among them?
Today we wrote the code for a simple form, some buttons, and a label. We had choices of where to place the objects in the form, what text to put in the label, and where we wanted to move the label. Placing the objects is a simple decision without much weight to it; the same may be said for the text in the label. When coding them, we didn't have much choice because we had to follow the language of the code. Moving the label was only a slightly more difficult decision, because moving it too little wouldn't move it visibly in the program, and moving it too much would shoot it off the edge of your screen.
Today we wrote the code for a simple form, some buttons, and a label. We had choices of where to place the objects in the form, what text to put in the label, and where we wanted to move the label. Placing the objects is a simple decision without much weight to it; the same may be said for the text in the label. When coding them, we didn't have much choice because we had to follow the language of the code. Moving the label was only a slightly more difficult decision, because moving it too little wouldn't move it visibly in the program, and moving it too much would shoot it off the edge of your screen.
9.05.2007
Wednesday September 5, 2007
6. What progress did you make today on your solution? What needs to be completed next class?
Today I finished up the project. It would have been better if I had organized my information differently, but it worked out the way it was (despite small printing fonts :)). Next class I will complete the next project we are assigned, as this one is finished.
Today I finished up the project. It would have been better if I had organized my information differently, but it worked out the way it was (despite small printing fonts :)). Next class I will complete the next project we are assigned, as this one is finished.
9.04.2007
Tuesday September 4, 2007
5.Provide yourself an example (not one from your instructor) of how you use a particular command that will help jog your memory in the future when you need that command again. You must provide a little code as well as a written explanation with this one.
In the Project we are currently working on, Working with Toolbar and Property Windows, a few of the properties are very easy to remember. The property of RighttoLeft, for example, easily means that the text in your object will be right justified. RighttoLeft layout, similarly, shifts your entire object so that it is right justified.
In the Project we are currently working on, Working with Toolbar and Property Windows, a few of the properties are very easy to remember. The property of RighttoLeft, for example, easily means that the text in your object will be right justified. RighttoLeft layout, similarly, shifts your entire object so that it is right justified.
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