COMP1400 – Programming for Designers

The COMP1400 exam is this Thursday (Nov 3) at 8:45am in Leighton Hall of Scientia (but make sure you confirm this on myUNSW). It is a 2 hour exam. It will consist of: 20 multiple choice questions testing your understanding of various aspects of Java 5 short-answer question on general programming concepts 2 questions which […]

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To save people constantly looking up how to do loops in the lecture notes, here’s a simple example that prints the numbers 0 to 4 inclusive. As a for loop: for(int i=0; i<5; i++) { System.out.println(i); }   As a while loop: int i=0; while(i<5) { System.out.println(i); i++; }

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FAQs about the Prac Exam: Can I bring my laptop? No. You must use the lab computers. Can I bring my own files on a USB stick? Yes. Will I have access to the web? Yes, but we will be monitoring your web access to make sure you are not communicating with other students.

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This week’s tutorial is taken from the textbook, exercises 5.25 – 30 on page 149. They are reproduced below. The task is to implement a simple phone book where numbers are associated with names, both represented as strings. Your phone book should be able to add a new name/number pair and you should be able […]

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Assignment 1 should now be available for collection. To collect your assignment: Go to the give webage. Enter COMP1400 as the subject code. Select ‘ass1’ from the list and click ‘Collect my assignment’

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Marking assignment 1, I have noticed a fair amount of code that has quite clearly been copied and pasted from the same source. I will remind you that the University has some quite stiff penalities for plagiarism, including immediate failure of the assignment or the whole course. Now I don’t want to have to play […]

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Malcolm will be doing consultations for COMP1400 students at 2-3pm on Tuesdays in consultation room G01 on the ground floor of the K17 building.

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There are two tasks for this week’s lab: Activate your CSE account. Write your first program! Play with BlueJ

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Welcome everybody to the 2011 class of Programming for Designers. My name is Malcolm and I will be your captain on this flight. Your attendants are Tim Wiley and Sim Mautner. We’re all here to look after you and make sure you have a pleasant flight. Before we take off, please make sure you check […]

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Assignment 3 marking is finished and the mark and feedbacks are ready to collect by using the below link: https://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~give/Student/give.php Please report any error in collecting the result (with the exact error message) to cs1400@cse.unsw.edu.au.

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