======Part 1====== =====Entries===== ====Entry 1: January something, 2012==== * What action or concept of significance, as related to the course, did you experience on this date? * Pointers * Why was this significant? * Pointers as Matt says give C a lot of its power making it mo better * What concepts are you dealing with that may not make perfect sense? * The concepts make sence * What challenges are you facing with respect to the course? * I need to make some time to practice and play with the things I'm learning ====Entry 2: January something, 2012==== * What action or concept of significance, as related to the course, did you experience on this date? * Malloc, and the various memory allocating tools * Why was this significant? * It makes C mo better * What concepts are you dealing with that may not make perfect sense? * The implementation of them is a bit difficult * What challenges are you facing with respect to the course? * Using these tools can be a bit tricky...also what is the long term purpose of them...why not just set variables within a program since there is a limited amount of space that can be allocated anyway ====Entry 3: February 16, 2012==== * What action or concept of significance, as related to the course, did you experience on this date? * Putting together a program from a combination of things that we have learned so far * Why was this significant? * It was a good test of what I have learned and my ability to put everything together * What concepts are you dealing with that may not make perfect sense? * Everything makes sense * What challenges are you facing with respect to the course? * It ended up being a simple yet difficult project at the same time. More practice I think will be key to becoming efficient. ====Entry 4: January Day, 2012==== This is a sample format for a dated entry. Please substitute the actual date for "Month Day, Year", and duplicate the level 4 heading to make additional entries. As an aid, feel free to use the following questions to help you generate content for your entries: * What action or concept of significance, as related to the course, did you experience on this date? * Why was this significant? * What concepts are you dealing with that may not make perfect sense? * What challenges are you facing with respect to the course? Remember that 4 is just the minimum number of entries. Feel free to have more. =====Keywords===== {{page>cprogpart1&nofooter}} =====Experiments===== ====Experiment 1==== ===Question=== Curious as always I want to know how closely C and C++ are related. If I take an existing(working) C program and try to compile it with a C++ compiler will it compile, and furthermore will it work. ===Resources=== -existing code -http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/04/steps-to-compile-c-c-programs-using.html ===Hypothesis=== I believe it will work flawlessly...or not I don't know if the syntax is the same, I am sure however that the libraries are universal. ===Experiment=== How are you going to test your hypothesis? What is the structure of your experiment? ===Data=== It worked easily and flawlessly with the proper output. ===Analysis=== Based on the data collected: * Was your hypothesis correct? * Aye and Nay I didn't know what would happen * Was your hypothesis not applicable? * It was applicable * Is there more going on than you originally thought? (shortcomings in hypothesis) * Perhaps but I didn't come across it. * What shortcomings might there be in your experiment? * I used a relatively simple program I can't be certain that there wouldn't have been a problem with something more complex * What shortcomings might there be in your data? * None that I can see ===Conclusions=== I can be sure that anything C can do C++ can do as well. ====Experiment 2==== ===Question=== What is the question you'd like to pose for experimentation? State it here. ===Resources=== Collect information and resources (such as URLs of web resources), and comment on knowledge obtained that you think will provide useful background information to aid in performing the experiment. ===Hypothesis=== Based on what you've read with respect to your original posed question, what do you think will be the result of your experiment (ie an educated guess based on the facts known). This is done before actually performing the experiment. State your rationale. ===Experiment=== How are you going to test your hypothesis? What is the structure of your experiment? ===Data=== Perform your experiment, and collect/document the results here. ===Analysis=== Based on the data collected: * Was your hypothesis correct? * Was your hypothesis not applicable? * Is there more going on than you originally thought? (shortcomings in hypothesis) * What shortcomings might there be in your experiment? * What shortcomings might there be in your data? ===Conclusions=== What can you ascertain based on the experiment performed and data collected? Document your findings here; make a statement as to any discoveries you've made. ====Experiment 3==== ===Question=== What is the question you'd like to pose for experimentation? State it here. ===Resources=== Collect information and resources (such as URLs of web resources), and comment on knowledge obtained that you think will provide useful background information to aid in performing the experiment. ===Hypothesis=== Based on what you've read with respect to your original posed question, what do you think will be the result of your experiment (ie an educated guess based on the facts known). This is done before actually performing the experiment. State your rationale. ===Experiment=== How are you going to test your hypothesis? What is the structure of your experiment? ===Data=== Perform your experiment, and collect/document the results here. ===Analysis=== Based on the data collected: * Was your hypothesis correct? * Was your hypothesis not applicable? * Is there more going on than you originally thought? (shortcomings in hypothesis) * What shortcomings might there be in your experiment? * What shortcomings might there be in your data? ===Conclusions=== What can you ascertain based on the experiment performed and data collected? Document your findings here; make a statement as to any discoveries you've made.