Exercises
Your instructor will assign one or more of the following problems. Submit all appropriate
files for grading, including code files, screen captures, supplemental files (e.g., image files),
and text files.
Write a program that draws a scalable flag of your choice/creation. Here are some
possibilities:
- Traditional Flags - e.g.,
France
, the
Netherlands
- A New Flag - Make up anything you’d like here, so long as it’s more
complicated than the surrender flag.
For this assignment, do not use bitmap image-based flags.
If you need inspiration, here are some examples of student work from the past: Hall of Fame (Yes, all of these flags are scalable!).
Write a program that draws a scalable smiley face.
Write a program that draws a scalable line based on values of slope and
y-intercept. The canvas size, slope and y-intercept should be constants. Make use of color.
Write a program that annotates any image with scalable golden triangles (see http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/Eugene_Ilchenko/GoldenSection.html)
Checking In
Submit all appropriate files for grading, including code files, screen captures,
supplemental files (e.g., image files), and text files. We will grade this exercise according to
the following criteria:
- Correctness:
- 30% - Basic flag - Draw a basic, unique flag with colors, figures, text as appropriate.
- 50% - Scaling - Demonstrate the use of variables, constants and expressions to make the
flag scalable.
- Understandability:
- 5% - Header Documentation - Document the code’s basic purpose, authors and
assignment number.
- 5% - Code Documentation - Separate the logical blocks of your program with useful
comments and white space.
- User experience (UX):
- 10% - Significance - Choose an image presentation that is significant is some way. In
exercise 1, for example, the French or Dutch flags are good, basic flags that will get you most
of the points, but we're reserving some points to reward students who go for more complex
and/or original flags. Create your own flag (for your own island nation!); try a more complex
flag. Similar expectations apply to the other exercises.
If you work in teams for this homework assignment, be sure to submit all team members’
names in the code documentation.