HomeWork 1 CS314HOFA2015

Note: there are two parts in this assignment: Project and Exercise

Project

1. Complete the Hello World example in the online chapter1 from Bradley's Programming in Visual Basic 2010 (http://www.mhhe.com/VB2010 (Links to an external site.) -> sample chapter). You need to read and follow instructions from at least the following pages:

• Create project and setup: P14 – 17
• Plan the project: P18
• Define the user interface: P19 - 29
• Add Code: P32 - 35
• Change: Text property of the main form to “Hello World your name”

1. Complete the Red Tree Inn Splash Screen project in ch1 of our text

• Download data files from: http://academic.cengage.com/resource_uploads/downloads/128507792X_395252.zip (Links to an external site.)
• Unzip and find two image files in DataFiles/Chap01: RedTreeInn.jpg and RTI.png (logo)
• One more file there: RTISplash.exe for you to preview the result
• Change: on the splash screen add one more label which displays “by your name” underneath “A relaxing place to stay”. Use font of your choice.

 Exercise

 3. Read this page on “splash screen” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_screen (Links to an external site.) ). In one or two paragraphs

• summarize what a splash screen is
• list at least two purposes of using splash screens and provide examples based on your own experience with software or websites

4. Answer this question AFTER you’ve completed the project part of this assignment: what’s the hardest part of this assignment for you? Please explain.

Submission:

A word/pdf document which contains

1. Your work for Hello World project, which includes:

• (2 pts) VB source code
• (2 pts) A screenshot of the running program

2. Your work for Red Tree Inn project, which includes:

• (2 pts) VB source code
• (2 pts) A screenshot of the running program

3. (1 pt) answer to exercise 3

4. (1 pt) answer to exercise 4