Java For Artists: The Art, Philosophy, And Science Of Object-Oriented Programming

1. 

List and describe the four project-approach strategy areas.

2. 

What is the purpose of the project-approach strategy?

3. 

List and describe the four phases of the development cycle demonstrated in this chapter.

4. 

How should the development cycle be applied to a programming project?

5. 

What is method stubbing?

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What is the purpose of method stubbing?

7. 

When should you first compile and test your programming project?

8. 

What is a javadoc comment?

9. 

List at least three aspects of your project you should double-check before your turn it in to your instructor.

10. 

What is the purpose of a state transition diagram?

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- application requirements, problem domain, language features, high-level design

2. 

- To maintain a sense of forward momentum

3. 

- plan, code, test, integrate

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- Iteratively, in a tight spiral fashion

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- A method that contains an empty body or a simple diagnostic message

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- Method stubbing allows a programmer to give methods minimal functionality in order to test other parts of an application.

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- As soon as and as frequently as possible; As soon as you create your first class.

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- A comment contained between “/**” and “*/” that can include doctags and html formatting

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- Formatting, comments, name on project, all required files are on disk

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- To graphically illustrate the various values or states an object can assume during program execution