May 18th Status Report

This week in class we had a couple of lessons on ergonomics and we started a new assignment using arrays, while and for loops. The major program we did this week was a program that calculated the number of lotter tickets, so that the vendor or company could calculate the number of days he recorded, days it took to sell 200 tickets or the highest ticket sales in a day, as well as others.

We learned about ergonomics, what it is and how companies use it to improve efficiency and the happiness of their workers. We learned how to sit properly at a desk, how to type on the keyboard and how to use your mouse. We learned about the dangerous affects of working for long periods of time on the computer, and a medical problem called Carpel Tunnel Syndrome. I learned that I should take breaks , when I am using a computer for an extended period of time. Regarding the program, it seemed pretty basic, it was just a matter of choosing the best loops and methods for the actions.

Next week I am going to finish the program. We still have three more lessons on ergonomics, and I hope to learn about computer safety. I hope to recieve a good mark on my lottery ticket program.

May 4th Status Report

This week we finished our SIN projects and they were marked. The Sin project was made to ask the user to input their 9 digit SIN number, afterwards the program would see if the SIN was valid. It it was valid the program would output a message "SIN number is Valid", if it was invalid another message would be displayed;"SIN number is Invalid". To stop the program the user would enter the number"999999999". We also had an interesting side project, on drawing in Visual Basics and we had to fill out a sheet about origins and computer terms.

I had some problems writing the code for the the SIN validation program. The messages were outputting for the wrong SIN numbers, when I put in a valid SIN it would output the wrong message. Once I figured out I had jumbled the code up, the program worked flawlessly.

Next week I would like to finish the program that we got on Friday, I hope to continue learning more controls in Visual Basics.