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Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
School of Software
41889 Application Development in the iOS Environment
42889 iOS Application Development
Autumn 2017
Assessment Task 1
Individual programming project: Command-line calculator
Due 20th April 2017 at 2 pm
This project is worth 25% of the overall mark for this subject.
Objectives
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate competence in the following skills:
Program design
Array and string manipulation
Command line arguments
Creating methods and classes in Objective-C
Exception handling
Program testing
These tasks reflect all the subject objectives.
The reference implementation takes about 200 lines of code, including white space (blank lines)
comments, etc. As part of your subject workload assessment, it is estimated this project will take
22.5 hours to complete.
Instructions
1. Download the project template from https://github.com/jjclark1982/calc using the Clone
or Download button.
2. Implement the specified functionality in the calctarget.
3. Use Product > Test to test your functionality.
4. Upload your submission to UTS Online. Compress your Xcode project into a zip file and
upload the file to Assessment Task 1 submission. Please delete the Build, DerivedData,
and reference folders for a smaller zip file size. You may submit as many times as you like
until the final due date. The final submission you make is the one that will be marked.
https://github.com/jjclark1982/calc
https://online.uts.edu.au/
Specification
You are to prepare a macOS command-line tool that will act as a simple calculator. The
calculator will be run from the command line and will only work with integer numbers and the
following arithmetic operators: +x/% . The %operator is the modulus operator, not
percentage.
For example, if the program is compiled to calc , the following demonstrates how it will work
./calc 3 + 5 7
1
In the command line, the arguments are a repeated sequence in the form
and ending in a
Hitting the enter key will cause the program to evaluate the arguments and print the result. In
this case 1 .
The program must follow the usual rules of arithmetic which say:
1. The x/and %operators must all be evaluated before the +and operators.
2. Operators must be evaluated from left to right.
For example, using Rule 1
becomes
which results in
If we did not use Rule 1 then 2 + 4 x 3 6would become 6 x 3 6and then 18 6
and finally 12 . This is an incorrect result.
If we do not use Rule 2 then the following illustrates how it can go wrong
Going from left to right we evaluate the xfirst, which reduces the expression to 20 % 2which
becomes 0 . If we evaluated the %first then the expression would reduce to 4 x 1which
becomes 4 . This is an incorrect result.
Remember, we are using integer mathematics when doing our calculations, so we get integer
results when doing division. For example
./calc 20 / 3
6
Also note that we can use the unary +and operators. For example
./calc -5 / +2
-2
./calc +2 -2
4
Your program must also check to make sure the command line arguments are valid. If not your
program must generate an appropriate error message and then terminate with nonzero exit
status.
You should also check for division by zero errors and numeric out-of-bounds errors.
As part of your program design, it is expected you will create classes to model the problem
domain.
Program Hints
1. Getting your program to solve expressions that only use the +and operators is fairly
easy. I would suggest you get your program working at this level before attempting to get it
to work with the other operators.
2. While this problem can be solved using iteration, it is easier to solve using recursion.
Reference Implementation
The template contains a reference/calcexecutable that you can compare your
implementation against. Your implementation should work in exactly the same manner.
Please note that it prints results to standard output and additional messages to standard error.
Only standard output is used for functionality testing.
Assessment
Max score: 25 marks
Functionality: 16 marks
The Xcode project must unzip successfully and compile without errors.
Deduct 3 marks if there are any compiler warnings.
Deduct 1 mark for each failing test in the CalcTestsuite.
Style: 3 marks
Deduct up to 1 mark for bad or inconsistent indentation, whitespace, or braces.
Deduct up to 1 mark for bad or misleading comments.
Deduct up to 1 mark for unclear symbol naming.
Design: 6 marks
Functional separation: Is the problem broken down into meaningful parts?
Loose coupling: Can parts be changed in isolation of each other?
Extensibility: Would it be easy to add more functionality? (more operations, more
numerical accuracy, interactivity, variables, etc)
Control flow: Are all actions of the same type handled at the same level?
Error handling: Are errors detected at appropriate places? Can they be collected
somewhere central?
Markers discretion
Late submission
Deduct 1 mark per 24 hours late (rounded up). Submissions will not be accepted after the Final
Due Date (7 days after the standard due date).
Please note: Regardless of how many times you have submitted your project, if your final
submission is after the due date it will be considered late and marks will deducted accordingly.
An extension will only be granted if there is a fully documented reason which merits it. The
documentation must be presented to the Subject Coordinator before the due date. Extensions
after the Final Due Date will never be granted under any circumstance. If an extension is granted
that means submission will be accepted up to the extension date without penalty. If an
extension is granted, UTS Online will show the extended due date.
Students may apply for special consideration if they consider that illness or misadventure has
adversely affected their performance.
Bug reports
It is quite possible that errors or ambiguities may be found in the task specification, reference
implementation, or test suite. If so, updates will be placed on UTSOnline and announcements
made regarding the amendment. It is your responsibility to keep up to date on such
amendments and ensure you are using the latest version of the Task Specification.
If you discover an error, ambiguity, or bug, you will receive the maximum Markers discretion
credit (1 mark). The following rules apply:
1. It must be a report on the currently posted version of the material.
2. It must be reported on the UTS Online discussion board to be accepted.
3. It must be a genuine bug. By genuine I mean it requires me to amend the material.
4. If a number of students post a report on the same bug, the first who posted will receive the
mark.
5. No matter how many bug reports you make, you can only get 1 mark.
Return of Assessed Project
It is expected that marks will be made available one week after the final due date via UTSOnline.
You will also be given a copy of the marking sheet showing a breakdown of the marks and
feedback.
Acceptable Practice vs Academic Malpractice
Students should be aware that there is no group work within this subject. All work must be
individual. However, it is considered acceptable practice to adapt code examples found in
the lecture notes, labs and the text book for the assignment. Code adapted from any other
source, particularly the Internet and other student assignments, will be considered
academic malpractice. The point of the assignment is to demonstrate your understanding
of the subject material covered. Its not about being able to find solutions on the Internet.
You should also note that assignment submissions will be checked using software that
detects similarities between students programs.
Participants are reminded of the principles laid down in the Statement of Good Practice
and Ethics in Informal Assessment in the Faculty Handbook. Assignments in this subject
should be your own original work. Any collaboration with another participant should be
limited to those matters described in the Acceptable Behaviour section. Any infringement
by a participant will be considered a breach of discipline and will be dealt with in
accordance with the Rules and By-Laws the University. The Faculty penalty for proven
misconduct of this nature is zero marks for the subject. For more information, see UTS
Policy on Academic integrity, plagiarism and cheating
Queries
If you have a question, please contact the instructor as soon as possible. Please do not send
email in HTML format or with attachments. They will not be read or opened. Only emails sent in
plain text format will be read. Emails without subject lines will be automatically deleted by the
junk mail filters I have in place.
If the answer to your questions can be found directly in any of the following:
subject outline
task specification
UTS Online discussion board
You will be directed to these locations rather than given a direct answer.
https://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/feit/study-and-assessment-resources/academic-integrity-plagiarism-and-cheating
Assessment Task 1
Objectives
Instructions
Specification
Program Hints
Reference Implementation
Assessment
Functionality: 16 marks
Style: 3 marks
Design: 6 marks
Late submission
Bug reports
Return of Assessed Project
Acceptable Practice vs Academic Malpractice
Queries
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