IBCS2 Summer Assignment

Directions

You may begin the summer assignment at any time. You must have all of the below completed by the first day of school. 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
• Be sure to test the classes using Media:CombatSimulation.java

Hard-core Bonus Challenge

• This is completely optional:
  • Creature class assignment