Monday March 23: you talk, then you type

Greetings, fellow code monkeys!



I have been reviewing your programs, seeing what's working, helping out where there are some difficulties, and generally just getting a peek into where you are heading. I have made some very brief commendations and recommendations for each of you, which I will be sending out by email, possibly today, but more likely it will be tomorrow. They are tailored to your individual progress, to the extent that I could do so. Before we get to that however, there are two tasks that need to be taken care of first:



A) You will all need to make a posting to our discussion group with a subject heading that includes your name, plus the phrase "the comments speak". In the body of this posting, you must use the comments from your program to create a two paragraph description, three complete sentences per paragraph, of what your program does. Later on, when you hand in your programs by email, I will observe how closely your discussion posts match your comments.

Of course, if you have been a little remiss in commenting your program, this assignment is going to be a little more difficult for you to complete. Tell you what: I betcha if you add the comments now while you're creating this latest discussion, your 'umble instructor will be never the wiser for it.



B) When you are done with that operation, you will need to add something similar to your program. Most of your programs include a menuitem called "About"; when clicked on, it pops up a Window which has a Label. The label might already have some default text in it; replace this text with your name, todays date, the name of your program, and a two sentence description of your program, based on the Discussion posting from A) above.



Time permitting, after that you have free reign to continue developing your program :-)



Cheers,
Uncle Paulie