L01

Due by the end of today by midnight

Starter Files:

• Solution1.java
• Solution2.java
• Solution3.java
• Solution4.java

Review of the AI Experiment

Today's Activities

Activity 1

If you haven't already, sign up for the course website.

You must sign up before you can submit assignments or labs, including the results for this lab (see below).

Activity 2

If you haven't already, fill out and submit the Brightspace survey on GUI and AI experience.

Activity 3

On Wednesday last week I asked students to watch the following video (video of a GUI program -- Password: $Zed8A@M) and use AI to build a program that does exactly what it does. Thanks to everyone who participated.

I am providing you with four of the solutions that were submitted. Those solutions are available (in an anonymized form) thru links at the top of this window. Do a quick comparison of the four solutions. Notice how, even tho' they are all doing essentially the same thing, they are quite different from each other. You should be able to see that even if you are unfamiliar with Swing GUIs.

Note that none of the solutions is perfect, but they are all quite good. I would like you to examine two of the solutions and report what's wrong with them. Write your report in a text-only file (one that would have a .txt extension on a Windows machine).

What I would like from you is:

• The name of the solution program you're evaluating.
• A list of differences between that solution and the program shown in the video. For each difference, I'd like:
  • A short description of how that solution differs from the program shown in the video. Please try to be precise: not just that the colour is different, but what colour the solution uses and what colour the video program did.

    Except ignore the differences in colour and size.

  • An assessment of that difference, in terms of whether it is:

    a cosmetic difference

    it looks different, but not in a way that causes problems

    a functional difference

    it does something different than the video program when the mouse moves or is clicked, or when a menu-item is clicked; or it looks different, and the way it looks different seems like it would make the program hard to use

Activity 4

If you still have time, get started on A01. A reminder that you are allowed to use AI to help you write the program, but that you shouldn't pass in the code without trying it out and making sure it works, and also reviewing it to make sure you understand how it works.

Submit this/these files:

• Evaluations.txt