Test my programs!

[Mengh.]

Well, I've got muddled into doing a mock computer science practical investigation from a year or two ago as a summer assignment. Practical investigations, or rather any sort of website / application / game project requires white box testing, asking others to try out your program or code as a typical user. Anyhow, just need a couple of opinions from you guys since some of you could be classed as a typical user. The more, the merrier.

 

Application 1 - [Calculator]: http://liveweave.com/jswBgY

Application 2 - [Recipe crapper / Recipe reviser]: http://liveweave.com/7wcEJ3

Application 3 - [Hangman Game]: http://liveweave.com/mB5BH4

 

Upon going on the link, to properly use the preset widths and heights put in place, use the fullscreen button in the bottom-right corner.

App 1 is meant to be a calculator. From the exam requirements, just needs to add or subtract numbers.

App 2 is suppose to be some recipe calculator where a user inputs a recipe for a certain amount of people, then an amount of people and the recipe calculator revises the ingredients. In my opinion, I don't know why the exam board asked for this crap, but there ya go.

App 3 is a hangman game. Went quite well.

 

All 3 works are not my best works since this summer assignment was suppose to be a meager task. This is also why all of the code (html, css and js) has been put into one single .html file for each application.

Anyhow, format I'd like for the review of the applications is as follows:

 

Have you done coding / programming before?

 

Task 1 Thoughts on Layout:

Task 1 Thoughts on Program:

Task 1 Any errors found:

Task 1 Improvements that could be made:

 

Task 2 Thoughts on Layout:

Task 2 Thoughts on Program:

Task 2 Any errors found:

Task 2 Improvements that could be made:

 

Task 3 Thoughts on Layout:

Task 3 Thoughts on Program:

Task 3 Any errors found:

Task 3 Improvements that could be made:

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Have you done coding / programming before? Yes

 

Task 1 Thoughts on Layout: I expected a traditional layout, and was a bit surprised with the horizontal layout. I personally didn't find it appealing, and using a calculator styled like that feels just simply doesn't feel right. I did like the "function" displaying at the bottom, though. Neat fill-in that too many calculator apps forget to include.  

Task 1 Thoughts on Program: Simple, obviously isn't a complex calculator like you said, but it gets the work done. No complaints from me. 

Task 1 Any errors found: The only visible error I could find was that when you scroll over the actual number, it, your mouse goes away, but that might've been an intended feature. 

Task 1 Improvements that could be made: The layout, make it more like a real calculator in my opinion. Besides that, everything else seems well done to me. 

 

Task 2 Thoughts on Layout: I think that this layout is great, honestly. 

Task 2 Thoughts on Program: Not actually sure what the whole purpose of this is - just put everything in a list? Or multiply each ingredient by however many people the recipe is for?

Task 2 Any errors found: http://puu.sh/qnOVM/6b1657bba0.png Basically this, after I press submit I get nothing, but then again I could be stupid and messing up something really obvious. 

Task 2 Improvements that could be made: N/A

 

Task 3 Thoughts on Layout: Great layout, cool background. 

Task 3 Thoughts on Program: Program works great, but I'm a bit confused as to how the "new word" feature works. Is it, whenever I input a word and press enter that word will be the next word, or will that word just be added to a "pool" of potential words? And I'm guessing that you gave it a pool of words. If so, is it random in the way a word is chosen, or did you make a specific list with a specified order? 

Task 3 Any errors found: None, works great.

Task 3 Improvements that could be made: None, this game worked great, and probably worked best out of all 3.

 

I'd rank the games :

3

1

2

 

Personally, the Hangman seemed perfect and well designed, the calculator was great minus the layout, and the recipe was confusing. 

[Mengh.]

 

Have you done coding / programming before? Yes

 

Task 1 Thoughts on Layout: I expected a traditional layout, and was a bit surprised with the horizontal layout. I personally didn't find it appealing, and using a calculator styled like that feels just simply doesn't feel right. I did like the "function" displaying at the bottom, though. Neat fill-in that too many calculator apps forget to include.  

Task 1 Thoughts on Program: Simple, obviously isn't a complex calculator like you said, but it gets the work done. No complaints from me. 

Task 1 Any errors found: The only visible error I could find was that when you scroll over the actual number, it, your mouse goes away, but that might've been an intended feature. 

Task 1 Improvements that could be made: The layout, make it more like a real calculator in my opinion. Besides that, everything else seems well done to me. 

 

Task 2 Thoughts on Layout: I think that this layout is great, honestly. 

Task 2 Thoughts on Program: Not actually sure what the whole purpose of this is - just put everything in a list? Or multiply each ingredient by however many people the recipe is for?

Task 2 Any errors found: http://puu.sh/qnOVM/6b1657bba0.png Basically this, after I press submit I get nothing, but then again I could be stupid and messing up something really obvious. 

Task 2 Improvements that could be made: N/A

 

Task 3 Thoughts on Layout: Great layout, cool background. 

Task 3 Thoughts on Program: Program works great, but I'm a bit confused as to how the "new word" feature works. Is it, whenever I input a word and press enter that word will be the next word, or will that word just be added to a "pool" of potential words? And I'm guessing that you gave it a pool of words. If so, is it random in the way a word is chosen, or did you make a specific list with a specified order? 

Task 3 Any errors found: None, works great.

Task 3 Improvements that could be made: None, this game worked great, and probably worked best out of all 3.

 

I'd rank the games :

3

1

2

 

Personally, the Hangman seemed perfect and well designed, the calculator was great minus the layout, and the recipe was confusing. 

 

 

Thanks for the response.

 

Task 2 was meant to be some sort of recipe reviser, where you would input a recipe and its ingredients for a set amount of people (e.g 10 eggs, 200g butter for 10 people.) From that, the user can then be able to enter in a different amount of people for the recipe to suit to (let's say 20 people) and it would do the appropriate calculations as to amend the former recipe (for 10 people) to have enough ingredients to suit 20 people. In this case, 20 eggs and 400g of butter would be needed and the program would do that.

 

As for the question about adding new words in Task 3, the words are in a list and are randomly picked by a RNG. Adding new words will just append these words to the end of the list. These may come up, depending on whether it is picked.

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Thanks for the response.

 

Task 2 was meant to be some sort of recipe reviser, where you would input a recipe and its ingredients for a set amount of people (e.g 10 eggs, 200g butter for 10 people.) From that, the user can then be able to enter in a different amount of people for the recipe to suit to (let's say 20 people) and it would do the appropriate calculations as to amend the former recipe (for 10 people) to have enough ingredients to suit 20 people. In this case, 20 eggs and 400g of butter would be needed and the program would do that.

 

As for the question about adding new words in Task 3, the words are in a list and are randomly picked by a RNG. Adding new words will just append these words to the end of the list. These may come up, depending on whether it is picked.

Ah, cool how you planned #3. And #2 actually does sound somewhat useful.