Weekly Status Report #3

The skills that I learned this week were all centered around Visual Basic. We got our first real taste at programming with it, and so far I have to say I've enjoyed it immensely. I learned how to do a few basic functions such as creating buttons, taking input from the user, and then using that input to preform a variety of mathematical functions, such as figuring out sums, products, averages and similar functions. The work I completed involved creating buttons, text boxes and applying the problem solving method, and flow charts and coverting it into code that Visual Basic could use. I completed 4 problems that used simple mathematical functions. We then learned about decision makingm and I completed 4 problems that involved decision making.

I have no work remaining from this week but I plan to try and work ahead, experimenting with the program to try and learn some of the functions of certain aspects of the Visual Basic program. I would like to be able to eventually create a program that I myself could actually use everyday at home, or once in a while. I know this will require a vast amount of work on my part to succesfully learn all I can and more from this class, but I am more than up to the challenge. My objectives for next will include downloading this program at home for potential personal programming, or school related use, and to learn how to do some programming on my own.

The problems that I encountered this week were all programming related, and I solved them by using the program, seeing what caused the error, and trying to rearrange the code, define more variables that were missing, or correct typos. Using this and the online "Help" feature I was able to overcome any issues I encountered, sometimes by consulting friends that were working around me. Overall, this was a very imformative and productive week.


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