IBCS2 Summer Assignment

Directions

The summer assignment is comprised of the following:

1. Software development assignment (~2 hrs)
2. CodingBat exercises (~2 hrs)
3. Basic Creature Combat (~2 hrs)

Software Development Assignment

• Read 1.1 SYSTEMS LIFE CYCLE (pages 2 - 8)
  1. Complete Exercise 1.1 #2 on (page 9)
• Read 1.2 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (pages 9 - 12)
  1. List the "classic ways" to investigate an existing system
  2. List the advantages and disadvantages of each "classic way"
• Read 1.3 SYSTEM DESIGN (pages 13 - 23)
• Read 1.4 SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS (pages 24 - 29)
• Read 1.5 THE SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE (pages 29 - 30)
  1. List and describe the major stages of the software life cycle
  2. Why is the software life cycle cyclical?
• Read 1.6 SOFTWARE DESIGN (pages 31 - 34)
  1. What is a prototype?
  2. What is the advantage of prototyping?
• Read 1.7 DOCUMENTATION (pages 36 - 37)
  1. List and describe the 3 different types of documentation
• Review the major points from Mr. Bui's slides: Media:SoftwareDevelopment.ppt

CodingBat Exercises

• If you don't have an account, create one at CodingBat
• Complete the Logic-2 exercises

Basic Creature Combat

• Complete the following to classes:
  • Weapon class assignment
  • Creature class assignment

Hard-core Bonus Challenge

• This is completely optional:
  • Creature class assignment