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Some Elements of Style

 

Submitting the Assignment

 

   Type the following in comment lines at the top of your code:

       ♦  Line 1: Name

       ♦  Line 2: Assignment Description (lab number 1-1, for example)

   For C++

      Place the code in a Word document, followed by a screen capture of the output - crop the picture

   For Java: Type, in bold after the code, the word OUTPUT

     Copy the output which appears at the bottom of the run and paste it in the Word document following the word OUTPUT 

   If assignments are multiple pages, staple them. Assignments remain in my  notebook until graded and returned.

   Three hole punch the assignment

   Watch me place a date on the assignment, check you off in tab 3 of my manual, and place the assignment in tab 4

 

Error Mitigation

 

   Carefully outline your program before you being writing code

   Write code and debug it in small segments

   Make code no more complex than it needs to be (keep it simple)

   Use comments as appropriate

   Comment out code as necessary to identify sources of error

   Declare all variables at the start of the main function

   Use short and meaningful names for functions or methods, and variables.

   Capitalize the first letter of each word when using compound words.

   Indent sections of code.

   Use parentheses to force precedence - omit needless ones.

   Only 2 braces per column (the left brace and its matching right brace)