i'll persevere, and you have been quick to correct the properly identified exercises. =====
On Sep 24, 9:47 pm, Michèle Garoche <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 24, 11:21 pm, "ooo.stephen" <[email protected]> wrote:> lab > 1007 - exception handling. > > > i've noted a few labs where errors in the instructions do not allow > > the exercise to work, and i find it hard to believe i'm the first to > > report it. this must be especially difficult for those with even less > > programming experience than me. has anyone on your end gone through > > these exercise to confirm they're correct? as the course advances, > > i'm increasingly concerned i won't be able to spot these errors. it's > > hard enough to learn new things, let alone incorrect new things. do > > you feel the same way, and what can you do to ensure the course > > material is true? > > First when the labs are written all the exercises are really made as > you would. > Secondly when a lab is changed, either because the APIs are changed or > for any reason, the exercises are made again. > It may happen that in a hurry, which happens rather frequently, not > all the exercises are tested, which opens the door for errors. > But most of the times, errors come from not reading exactly the > instructions or from a special programming environment, such as > endorsed libraries, special programming environment variables, etc. > which unfortunately we cannot much about it, apart from having exactly > the same environment, machine, architecture, etc. > That said, the Java Programming course is far from having those > special environment variables, endorsed libraries, etc. > And finally, if you report errors with a true reference (that is right > number of the lab and right name of it, right number of the exercise > and inside the exercise right sub section, you can be sure that the > lab will be checked entirely again as per instructions or the part > which do not work anymore removed if it is impossible to make it work > again within a reasonable time. > > So, throw away your anxiety, don't hesitate to ask, report what you > think are errors (but accurately please, I cannot spend two hours > searching throughout all the labs of all the courses where exactly an > error if any is to be found and alas most of the time that is the > case, which obviously slows any correction of errors and can also lead > indirectly to errors in new courses). > And above all, have fun programming. > > Michèle Garoche -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaprogrammingwithpassion?hl=en
