Project #1
Due Date: Start of lecture, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003
The objective of this first project is to do a simple software
development
project, as described in the online document Systematic
Software Development. Everything you need is in this
document,
Before proceeding to the body of the project, it is essential that
you
do the following, just for practice:.
- read the above document
- copy and compile the CoinCollection program that
appears in
the
document
- run the CoinCollection test plan using turnin
- copy, compile, and run the MetricConversion program that you'll
find in the programs53 directory. Examine this program and use it to
give you ideas for your solution to this project.
Problem Specification:
Background: Several years ago, eleven Western European
countries (France,
Germany,
Holland, Belgium,
etc.) started to use a single currency, the Euro. The exchange rate
between Euros and
dollars varies from day to day.
Problem: You're planning a summer trip to Europe and plan to
rent a
car. Europe is on the metric system, so fuel is
priced
in Euros per liter. Since you don't have a good feel for this pricing,
you'd
like to know the fuel price in dollars per gallon. Since you'll be
traveling
with a laptop computer, you decide to develop a program that will help
you in
your travels. Given the daily Euro exchange rate, the number of liters
you're buying,
and the price in Euros per liter, this program will tell you the number
of
gallons you're buying, the price in dollars per gallon, and the total
dollar
price.
You'll
need to find out the liters-to-gallon conversion, and daily Euro rate
on
the day you run the program. Be sure to cite the sources
you use to find out this information!
What to submit:
You must follow the process given in Systematic
Software Development. Submit
- a copy of this page as a problem specification
- a paper document (from a word processor or neatlyhand
written)
that
presents the analysis, design, and test plan for your project
- a printout of the listing (.lis) file for your program
in its
"framework" first stage, with variables declated and comments inserted
for the main algorithm steps
- a printout of the listing (.lis) file for your program
in its
final stage
- a printout of a turnin file of your test runs, showing that you
tested
the program according to the test plan
Your grade will be calculated on a 20-point basis, as follows:
- 6 points -- analysis and design (including algorithm in
structured
English)
- 4 points -- test plan
- 6 points -- correct execution of program according to test plan
- 4 points -- layout and style of program source code
MBF 8/29/03
