General Thoughts: Software Design and Development (2 Viewers)

[turntaker]

do you guys have to write code using a pen in your test?

 

[Squar3root]

do you guys have to write code using a pen in your test?

that's the same with most comp sci courses at unsw

if you make a mistake you have to start again usually from scratch

 

[turntaker]

that's the same with most comp sci courses at unsw

if you make a mistake you have to start again usually from scratch

thats messed up lol
You can't even debug it while writing code.

 

[Squar3root]

thats messed up lol
You can't even debug it while writing code.

it's good in a way that it makes you actually think about your program but you go through at least 10 booklets and 3 pens by the end of the exam and it's to stop cheating/plagiarism etc

 

[FlyingKanga]

do you guys have to write code using a pen in your test?

Yeah... I had to redo my whole answer in the exam because I realised I coded it wrong.

 

[turntaker]

Yeah... I had to redo my whole answer in the exam because I realised I coded it wrong.

what language? VB?

 

[FlyingKanga]

what language? VB?

Nah we're supposed to do it in pseudocode

 

[turntaker]

Nah we're supposed to do it in pseudocode

lol thats lame

 

[Squar3root]

lol thats lame

at uni you have to write it in C, C++, Java, python, etc

 

[turntaker]

at uni you have to write it in C, C++, Java, python, etc

now that's not lame. Its kinda cool.

do you recommend that I get into the habit of not running code every few lines.

 

[Squar3root]

now that's not lame. Its kinda cool.

do you recommend that I get into the habit of not running code every few lines.

yes

try to get the logic of your program and then think about the code you wrote, does it make sense? is it neat formatting indenting etc etc

 

[xetamine]

lol thats lame

Not at all, you get to invent your own pseudocode variant!

 

[xetamine]

Are you sure it was move down / up (relative)? I interpreted it as what X/Y to move to (absolute), so 15/15, 30/15, 30/30 IIRC.

They didn't specify what representation for negative X/y. If it was relative, they would've included 'sign & modulus, two's complement', etc.

We'll wait until the pdfs are posted!

Requoting, what did everyone do? Relative or absolute?

 

[andrew2015]

Requoting, what did everyone do? Relative or absolute?

Absolute

 

[Ross W]

If I got a band 6 raw would I ever find out? I'm not ranked first, so the first would get the top mark.

You will probably never know if you got a raw band 6 but when we get our hsc results (Not atar) on the 16th of december you WILL get your moderated exam mark, so if you got 85 raw depending on how they do it, could go up or down or stay the same etc. At least this is

 

[Ross W]

Requoting, what did everyone do? Relative or absolute?

I did absolute because I understood the X and Y values as X and Y values on a graph, so you put a point at 1,1 then move it to 2,2 by putting the new coordinates not just adding 1,1. Because obviously the data stream couldn't interpret a negative value.

 

[FlyingKanga]

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/2015/exams/2015-hsc-sdd.pdf
Exam's out anyone wanna go through the MC?