Sunday, September 16, 2012

Code review #1

I have noticed several trends while reviewing the submitted assignments.

  1. Many students are forgetting to include their name and the date at the top of their output as well as in the comment block. Refer to the screen captures of the assignments.

  2. Some students are forgetting to be mindful of spacing. When I show output like this RED = GO, I expect you to have a space on each side of the equals sign. This is good programming practice and should be followed.

  3. Some students have exercised a bit more creativity than the assignments permitted. If I ask for ORANGE = CAUTION, I expect to get *exactly* that, not Yellow = Slow down.

  4. A few students worked out that if you are keeping the background black, you can drop the 0s in the command: COLOR 4, for example. Kudos to you, well done.