Topics for the Week of April 14

• Lab:
  • Look over instructions for lab 9.
  • Come to class on Thursday with choice of lab project (one typed paragraph).
  • In class on Thur we will work on draft project design. The finished design is due in class on the following Tuesday (April 22).
• Continuing project: Music Database
  • Using Vectors instead of arrays
  • Add delete buttons
  • Add load/save functions using objects and/or ascii
• Things to Consider
  • Think first, code later.
  • Designing and building a program - every minute of planning up front can save hours of coding later.
  • Building a user friendly interface (include feedback so user knows what is happening).
  • Catching user errors so program doesn't crash
  • Documenting code so that you can figure out what you did months from now.

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