COMP1000 Week 8

Task 1: Green rectangles to blue circles - mostly successful.
Task 2: Mouse press toggling sun - most difficult due to and vs. or confusion and event handler usage.
Task 3: For loops - generally okay.
Task 4: Local variables in setup - identify variables declared within curly brackets.

Classes: Blueprints for objects (e.g., Ship class).
Objects: Instances of classes (e.g., Alice and Bob as Ship objects).
Attributes: Variables within a class that describe the object's properties (e.g., position, speed).
Constructor: Method used to create new objects from a class.
Methods: Functions within a class that define the object's behavior (e.g., move, steer).

Main Tab:
- Configuration (global variables, setup).
- Display (draw elements without changing variables).
- Animation (update attributes like position and angle).
- Event Handling (mouse presses, key presses).
Class Tab:
- Attributes and constructor.
- Display methods.
- Animation/movement methods.
- Event handling methods.

Arrays are containers for variables of the same type (e.g., float[], int[]).
Arrays store multiple values of the same type in a contiguous memory location.
Arrays can contain: int, float, character, string, color, boolean, Ship.
Elements accessed using an index, starting from 0 (e.g., array[0] is the first element).
Common error: Array index out of bounds.
Arrays have a fixed length determined upon creation.
Syntax:
- Declaration : float[] starsX;
- Initialization : starsX = new float[100];

Summing Values: Iterate through the array, adding each element to an accumulator variable.
$sum = sum + data[i];$
Inserting a New Value: Shift existing elements to make space, then insert the new value.
Storing values: Increment a counter to keep tracking of how many values are being used.

Create a program with a creature that hops.
Focus on well-organized code and the use of objects/classes.
Consider various interpretations of "hopper" (e.g., insect, frog, Grace Hopper).