Java basics

Today we learned a bit about the basic structure of Java. It was pretty helpful because it gave me more insight to how Java works and how it's different from Turing. I hope to learn a lot more about Java and become good at it enough to program without referring to my notebook every few seconds.

First field trip since grade nine T_T

So today we went on a field trip to York university to see presentations about computer science and computer engineering.

The first presentation was just bad. My friends and I only understood about ONE slide out of 57 that he said, and his voice wasn't very interesting either. His hairstyle was, though. :P

The second presentation was actually pretty cool, and kind of made me want to go to York. It was about how students of York put in spare time for a big contest for a Mars rover.

The third was the most fun. We did a demo on hacking and we got to hack each others computers and it was totally a blast.

The fourth was interesting, but dragged on for a very long time, losing my attention. It was about how computers are used in surgery. The professor said it would take 30 to 40 minutes but it took almost an hour.

I have to admit, though, that my favourite parts of the day were the bus rides. Man, adventuring to a place you've never been to with 4 people just as immature as you are is a hell of a lot of fun.

Numbers!

Today we learned how to write a program for a purse or a wallet. You tell it how many dimes, nickels, and quarters you want to put in and it says how many it has. By doing this we learned how to do math related stuff in Java, like a calculator or something. It was pretty interesting, and now I at least know how to program something.

More Java

Today we took a note that took the entire class. I believe it was the longest note we've taken so far. I'm happy that I actually understood some of it, instead of the whole thing flying by my head like Mr. Arkin had said. I hope this Java thing will become a lot simpler to me with practice.

I'm pretty excited about the trip on Friday, though getting there will be tough. Oh well, I'm all for adventures.

JAVA

Today we finally started Java! I've waited to start this for a long time. Finally... a programming method that I can get somewhere with.

Although I have to be honest, I didn't understand too much of what went on today. I guess that we weren't supposed to anyway, right? Eh, I hope this stuff makes sense to me later on. Can't wait till I code the next Runescape. (KIDDING, GOSH.)

Crunchtime!

I didn't realize there was an actual marking scheme and rubric for this assignment, so I didn't bother actually posting an autobiography and only focused on having a site run properly. I guess I'll own up to my mistakes and spend the entire weekend on this.

I hope we still get an extra period on Tuesday though, because I just have to put my files in the proper folders and upload it with FileZilla.

Page is looking more like a page

Today my page actually had useful information for a change. My assignment is near it's finishing.

Today we also got confirmation of the trip to York. I'm a little worried about how I'll get there, though.

Validation!

I was really worried about the validation symbols in the beginning, but after I realized how easy it was I was very relieved. All I really had to do was copy and paste, and then input the images.

I had a significant amount of trouble validating my CSS and HTML, though. I had to recheck it many many times, but in the end I finally got it. It turned out I still mixed up the head/body format.

My site is up, and colourful!

I finally found out the reason my colours weren't working for my css code. It was because instead of putting "stylesheet" I put "format". Luckily the BOSS, Nadeem, corrected me.

I'm also very happy that the FTP client is working perfectly now. I updated my site about 3 times today and I didn't have problems at any time.

I am kind of hoping that soon we'll stop focusing on websites and do other things, because websites don't interest me all too much.

Day 6

Today we learned how to do css formatting. It didn’t seem too hard, but I had a little trouble with how to put CSS into my html code. But luckily my friend Nadeem has a lot of experience with this and told me how to do it. GIVE HIM BONUS MARKS.

Day 5 of ICS

Today I finally got my ftp server to work. I had a bit of difficulty with it today too, but I figured out it was a problem with inserting the port. Although I transferred the file using filezilla, I have to do it again tomorrow because I updated my code so the second page would have a link to the first page.

I also discussed the friday dj thing with Mr Arkin today, but I doubt I’ll volunteer until I see how someone else runs it.

Day 4

Today we finally figured out what was wrong with the FTP program. Now that the problem’s solved, I’m hoping to get my site up and running very soon.

Day 3 of ICS

Today I was kind of disappointed that I didn’t get to do the FTP assignment. I hope to do it early tomorrow, because I am kind of worried about not getting it done.

However, I am happy that I’m pretty used to making simple html codes for web pages now. Despite the tardiness on the FTP assignment, I think I’m doing alright progressing in this course.

HTML code for websites

Today in class I basically learned how to make a simple layout for a website. Before we started taking notes, I thought this would be really complicated and very hard to get the concept of, because I’ve never done this kind of thing before, but it turned out to be very simple. The code was much like the simple Turing codes I was familiar with, and it turned out to be a breeze.

Though my code works on mozilla firefox, the HTML code validator is giving me a bit of trouble. I guess I’ll get help from my friend on this, or simply ask Mr. Arkin on Monday.

First day of ICS

I’m actually pretty proud of myself that today I just sat down and did all the required things to do without getting distracted. I’m hoping if I keep this up, I’ll do very well in this course.

I hear ICS is a very tough course, but I’m actually looking forward to it after today. The environment seemed serious but interesting, and I think this course will be hard, but worth it.