This week we have changed coding applications and moved to netbeans. I have used netbeans many times before but have not done java on it. It is a simple enough platform and is pretty fun and easy to use which is almost like green foot except if green foot grew up.  We have also been trying to grind down all of the presentations that remain but due to some changes people are being moved back and it will continue through the move.  the new kinds of code we are using on netbeans is interesting and heavily applies with some of the stuff we already knew but adding new lines, and information on to that.

This is the week our project is due and we are making some bigger changes to the game play of our code. We are changing the idea to something different but completing it on time. We have had a few parts of our code we could have used arrays in but due to lack of time and the amount of errors we were facing we decided to leave it working. We also continued presentations this week.

March Break is coming up! This week we have been working on getting through presentations and we have gotten details on our first group project. My presentation was this week and I feel it went well, got as much information I could fit in it, and tried to cover every angle. For the group project we will be in pairs of two and me and my team mate Conner will be doing an old Fighting style game, like a dumb down version of final fantasy. We have gotten all the basics down and are looking at what it will take to complete.

This week we have explored a new subject to me involving using IO functions in java. I do not remember doing this last year or have any knowledge of this, but the workings look easy enough to complete. I have been able to create a basic IO function that outputs into my text file and it has been pretty interesting subject wise. We have been going through presentations this week, mine will be next week and it will be on bitcoin and bit mining. We have completed a test this week on what we have covered, I had mixed up many subjects and that did cost me mark wise, but I have corrected my errors and made sure I knew were I went wrong.

This week we are looking at a new kind of greenfoot scenario that involves creating a piano, and using arrays to output information(namely the keys and sounds files connect to the keys). We are doing this project off of the tutorial. The big learning part of this lesson was to do with array's and connecting them to java code. Its a pretty easy thing to learn code wise, and doesn’t seem to be to hard to add to any code which can use. On Friday we have a test based on what we have learned already. A list of study material has been posted and I have gone through all the material on it.   

This week we are exploring a new lesson in green foot. The lesson was creating our own working piano keyboard and getting our code to work. The biggest part of this task has been the small part of work we got to do with arrays. Arrays are a kind of code which allows the user to out put a large amount of data through little code. The piano was put into a few steps which allowed for easier learning of the new lesson. The hardest part of creating this code was getting the black keys to appear and work. The code was not given to you so you needed to take the white key code and manipulate it to take in a new image and new sounds so that it takes the form and sound of the black keys. This took the longest of all the lessons but as the final stage in the lesson it was very frustrating but in the end I finally got it to work with the other keys which was the main problem I had been having.

This week we worked on creating a video game from a chart of tasks that needed to be done to create the right rules and limits of the objects. We used this task as a way for Mr. Swaine to view our skills using java and to assess were we are in our first few weeks of learning.

Our game consisted of a user controlled “hero” who needed to eat the other two villain and when eaten they add points to a score board and ending the game when all enemy's are eaten. The task was not incredibly difficult but did provide with a view little problems that eventually were taken care of. Through this we learned about a view different things that would help us and be essential in the future. The project offered good beginning insight to green foot and allowed for technical changes to be viewed from a creative stand point.

Week 1-2

                              The first week of Computers involved a run through of the semester and what we would be doing for assignments and tests. We also received information on our ISU(Independent study unit). Our ISU is a one person project about a new piece of technology or something related to technology that would be cool or unique to present. I have decided to do mine on Bit Coins which is a form of currency.

                  We where told about the programs and languages we would be learning and the first one was Java script. The program we are learning Java on at this time is Green Foot which is a simplified program that allows an easier access and understanding of how java works. We where given a tutorial and a copy of the program which we saved to our private drives on the school system. We started using Green Foot by going through the set tutorials that were given. The first one involved learning the basics and a tour of the program that we use to code. The second tutorial we learned was one that involved creating a game with a crab and a lobster. The object of the tutorial was to make a user interface for the crab, and create a sort of pac-man like game style.

                   The newest project we have been given is homework that involves creating a hero versus villain game similar to the crab game, but more complex coding lines and problems that would need to be solved. We have been given another day to try and complete the set homework.