Pasquale

Introduction

My name is Pasquale Hoffman. I like fencing, skiing, jujitsu, video games, and programming. I’ve got a lot of coding experience in the java language. Some things I want to learn more about are computers, economics, and art.

Achievers' Project

The goal of my project is to recreate various simple, card, and board games using the Java language. I chose this because I like java programming. By the end, I plan to have this page uploaded with my projects and explanations of how I made them.

My Mentor

Mr. Wang is a software engineer and researcher who has done work for many companies. I chose him as my mentor because I think his experience with technology and programming will help me learn more about and improve my project.

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Final Project Video & Written reflection

Over the course of this year in the Idea Program, I have learned about the importance of slideshows in presentations. At the beginning of the year, most of my slides were walls of text against a blank white background. As the year progressed, and I had to keep making presentations, I learned through the feedback of my classmates that an audience will be more engaged with a designed slideshow that includes relevant images and limited text. I didn't learn as much information about my topic. My work was more focused on utilizing the knowledge I had already possessed rather than attempting to discover new information. Some advice I would give the ninth graders of next year is to choose a topic they have interest in. I feel like I would not have done as much work as I did and lack the motivation I needed to complete my project if I was not interested in the topic.

Pasquale Hoffman - WIPP #3

Progress Update 3

In my third mini-goal, I accomplished the creation of the google site and writing the explanations for a few projects. It took a while for me to write out a full explanation for each project, but it wasn't difficult. I believe I will be able to finish my project before the deadline.

Pasquale Hoffman - WIPP #2

Progress update 2

In my second mini-goal, I accomplished making Minesweeper in Java. Most of it was easy, until I came to one part that took up most of my time working in the project. I repeatedly came upon errors while trying to make the part of the code that clears out chunks of spaces. I had to run through the game many times and repeatedly change my code bit by bit until the problem was fixed.

Mini Goal 2

My next goal will be making the Google Site where I will upload the code for my projects, then write explanations of how they work. I will also upload older projects I have created before this class, and write explanations for them too.

Pasquale Hoffman - WIPP #1

Progress Update

In my first mini-goal, I accomplished making Uno and Hangman in Java. I made adjustments by changing parts of my code as I made the project. For example, I was originally going to store my Uno cards in a stack, where objects can easily be inserted and removed. I would later have to change from a stack to an arraylist because only the top space in a stack could be accessed, but I needed to change the entire deck to shuffle it, which the arraylist would allow me to.

Mini Goal

I chose my next goal to be creating minesweeper because I will probably be able to create it easily. It is a simple game that many people know how to play, and some parts of it are similar to other games I have made. The goal of looking through a mostly-empty two dimensional graph to find things in certain spaces is similar to battleship, which I already recreated.

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