CS4802 -- Lab 1: Application Environment



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Winter Quarter 2000-2001

Procedures

Develop a framework for displaying images. You may use C++ or Java and any freely available libraries that you would like. You may wish to be able to read/write a number of graphic formats. At the very least, your application should be able to read/write PNG images.

While the requirements for this lab are rather modest, you will undoubtedly want to design a number of classes to assist your implementation of this and future labs as well as your research project (if appropriate).

You may work alone or with a partner.

Resources

There are a number of freely available libraries for image formats. You may consider using one (or more) of the following.

Lab report (due 11:00pm, the day prior to week 3 lab)

The lab report should be in your own words and self-contained. By self-contained I mean that it should be possible for someone to understand what you did and why without seeing anything other than your report. Your report should include:

  • Problem Statement
  • Procedure (the steps you used to design your program, reasons for your design decisions, etc.)
  • Documented source code for your program. You may find it useful to use the code.bat and dump.bat batch files to produce one file containing all of your source code with the markup commands required by my electronic submission process.
  • Discussion (sample program output, answers to any questions, problems you encountered (and how they were overcome), etc.)
  • A list of any additional resources (e.g., libraries) with links to appropriate websites.
  • A summary of your activity log indicating how much time you spent on each phase of the assignment. Please report the time in the following categories:
    • Design
    • Coding
    • Debug (before you think it's working)
    • Test (after you think it's working)
    • Documentation
    • Other
  • If you worked with a partner, be sure to indicate what each of you did and did not do in completing this project.
  • Conclusions (what you learned, suggestions of how the assignment could be improved, things you would have done differently, etc.)

As with any report you submit, correct spelling and grammar are required. You will need to do two submissions. One submission should contain your written report in PDF format. The other submission should contain your documented source code (generated using the batch files provided above). Be sure to keep copies of all your files, in case something gets lost. It may be wise to keep a diskette backup as well.

Your grade will depend on quality of design, clarity of code and documentation, as well as whether your program produces the correct results. If you have any questions, consult your instructor.

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