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❤ Marielle. Yr 10 IST.
simply me & what I do in IST...

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cos i have machine guns! xD

Algorithms

~Algorithms~

This is a part of a new term's worth of work on Software Development. We start off learning about algorithms which this entry is focused on then selection and repetition and then starting work using Visual Basic.

What is an Algorithm?

An unambiguous set of steps, which when performed correctly by a processor, will result in a process being carried out in a finite time.

Example Algorithm:

1. boil the water,
2. place coffee in the cup,
3. place sugar in the cup,
4. add the boiling water,
5. add milk,
6. stir.

1. Examine the algorithm above. What two properties of the algorithm enable it to correctly describe the solution to the problem of making a cup of coffee? What is it that makes an algorithm correct?(Hint: what would happen if you swapped step "6" and step "2"?)

The two properties that enable an algorithm to be correct are the order it's in and the description of each step. For example if steps 6 and 2 were swapped the end result after completing all the steps would not be the same as the original algorithm and can also taste very different to what one would hope. Therefore this reinforces that an algorithm is a set of steps and when in the correct order, correctly define the end result.

2. Define Algorithms for the following processes.

Posting a letter

Making toast

Calling a friend on the phone

Posting a letter:

1. Write the letter

2. Enclose the letter in an envelope and label and stamp it

3. Go to the nearest post office or post box

4. Slip letter into post box

Making toast:

1. Take out the number of slices of bread you want

2. Go to the toaster

3. Slip one slice of bread into the available slits

4. Set to what degree/time you want to toast to and turn on

5. Wait until cooked and the toast pops up

6. Collect toast and repeat steps 3 to 5 if more slices are to be toasted

Calling a friend on the phone:

1. Prepare the number you're going to dial

2. Pick up phone

3. Dial in the phone number

4. Wait for call to connect after dial tone

5. Speak when call is answered or when prompted to by answering machine

Friday, July 31, 2009 - 2:32 PM

Finished Assessment !!

~Finished Assessment !!~

Yayyy !!
I finally finished my Internet and Website Assessment from last term !!
Yayy !!

I've tested everything on my site so everything should be working.
I fixed up the file sourcing so there should be no complications with that.
Any other information I'll include in a read me file to accompany the website files.

Thank You.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 9:59 AM

A Series Of Unfortunate Events

~A Series Of Unfortunate Events~

Unfortunately due to the issues between using KompoZer and Frontpage I have been unable to finish the assessment on time and I will notify Mr Lennon of this tomorrow. On top of that I have missed days of school and a lesson because of a Commerce excursion and tomorrow I fly out to the Philippines. I'm being forced to submit the assessment next term, though at least this will give me time to incorporate the interactive menu into the site. I also forgot to note in my previous entry that, seeing as the image sourcing wasn't operational I had the idea of uploading all the content of the site onto the Internet and then sourcing them from there, but I've chosen to set that for my back up plan once I try another attempt at making this work right.

Apologies for this inconvenience.

Marielle.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 8:57 PM

The Storyboard

~The Storyboard~

So here's the storyboard of my website;

Monday, July 6, 2009 - 9:53 PM

An Update on the Assessment

~An Update on the Assessment~

I haven't made a blog entry in a while about the assessment, so here's a heads up on what's happening at the moment. I'm just over half way through the assessment itself and I have all the research and contents that I want to put in ready to go. I haven't been able to put in an interactive menu with the shortage of time and one lesson being taken as I'm on a Commerce excursion, so I've been forced to go with the links, but if I have time to put in an interactive menu then I will, other wise I'll just make another page with interactive menus after the submission of the assessment and leave it on my blog, just to show I know how to use them. I also need to construct the storyboard of the whole site.

Knowing myself I should have finished the assessment by now but the codes I'm using are a little more complex and I was going to initially do. I'm keeping all the ages uniform to one theme with the same background image, background song, fonts and font colours and sizes.

Whilst making progress in class we use Microsoft Frontpage 2003, but on my computer at home I have Microsoft Sharepoint Designer 2007, though I've chosen not to use it and explore alternatives instead. We were given PageBreeze to use at home but I've used another WYSIWYG program similar to PageBreeze and an alternate to Frontpage, which I find isn't as easy to use, called KompoZer. I had only used KompoZer for part of the assessment as there were issues sourcing images when using KompoZer at home and Frontpage at school.

Here are screen shots of how I'm going so far;

Saturday, July 4, 2009 - 1:42 PM