Project Guideline (read until the end)

Grading

For 1st Project

indentation:20 points
meaningful variable naming: 20 points
comments: 20 points
correct execution of the program: 40 points

For 2nd, 3rd, etc. Projects:

indentation: 10 points
meaningful variable naming: 10 points
comments: 10 points
correct execution of the program: 70 points

Grading Details

Indentation

The inner portion of if and while blocks must be indented. check example codes at the bottom.
For more information about indentation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style you can use K&R style, Variant: 1TBS, Allman style etc.

Meaningful variable naming

i.e:
float result;
char operator;
are good,
float res;
char op;
are acceptable (but not recommended),
float x;
char c;
don't dare!!

Comments

Important algorithmic parts must be commented.
You must write a heading comment describing you and the program
In addition, you must write doxygen compatible comments for projects. Meaning that every function must have a comment on it starting with /** ending with */ having a brief description,
@param statements for every parameter and
@return statement for the return values
**see example codes at the bottom** Writing these comments improves readibility of the code and enables to use a document generation software (e.g. doxygen) for automatically generating documentation of the code.
If you want to learn further:
information about comments
information about documentation comments
information about doxygen and doxygen comments
doxygen website

Correct execution of the program

Check sample runs in the project definition

Late submission

20 points decrease for each day. Also note that deadline is sharp thus 1 minute after the deadline means late submission. Please submit your project before last day. Submissions later than 2 days (48 hours) will not be accepted.

Cheating

Projects must be done on your own unless otherwise specified. Please read carefully:
http://www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/courses/cmpe150/common/course_policy.html.

Hints About Coding

• Start early (i.e. now)
• Save frequently, otherwise power failures or computer failures will result in disastrous work loss
• Take multiple saves (e.g save your source code in another files, or sent yourself an e-mail with source code pasted or attached (do not send your source code to a friend, this is cheating!!))
• Write incrementally. (do not try to write the whole program first and then try to make it work, instead write a small working program which does a tiny job, test it, then develop it)

SUBMISSION

• Login to online compiler (http://cmpe150-1.cmpe.boun.edu.tr ),
• Select the PROJECT UPLOAD tab from the top menu
• Upload your .c source file (if you are using visual studio, it may name your project with cpp extension. Submitting a project with cpp extension is acceptable but using special C++ commands which are not supported by C is not allowed (e.g. cin, cout, iostream etc.)). Do not send your .exe or your .obj file. If you are using online compiler, copy-paste your source to a text file (which has .txt extension) and upload that file. If you are using Visual Studio 2005, you can find your source files under My Documents (Belgelerim for Turkish windows) \Visual Studio 2005\Projects folder (search your file).
• Only your latest submission will be considered. However, your previous submissions will also be stored and listed. Whatever your file name is, it will be renamed as date_time_yourStudentNo.extension

EXAMPLE CODES

An example code for first project:

An example code for 2nd, 3rd etc. projects: