CSC 172
Homework 4

Assigned Feb. 21, due Feb. 28

to be done either individually or in two-person teams

• Before you start, fill out a "Project Plan" in PSP with estimates of how long the program will be, how many defects you'll encounter, and how long it'll take you. (You will not be graded on how accurate your estimates are, but you are expected to make some kind of reasonable estimate.)

• As you work on the programming part of the assignment, keep track of all the error messages and other defects you encounter using the PSP forms (click on "Input" under "Defect Removal Data").
  (If you want to practice keeping time logs with the PSP forms, you're welcome to, but they're not required for this assignment.)

• This is an open-ended assignment, sorta like homework 1. Write an Applet that paints something interesting on the screen. You must use each of the following features at least once:
  • setColor
  • drawString
  • Either drawOval or fillOval (if you're feeling adventurous, try drawArc or fillArc)
  • Either drawRect or fillRect (if you're feeling adventurous, try drawRoundRect, fillRoundRect, draw3DRect, or fill3DRect)
  • drawLine (for the adventurous, try drawPolygon or drawPolyline)
  • Memory: do something with instance variables so that the Applet draws something different each time paint() is called.

• How to turn this in: Once you've got all of this working, "WinZip" the entire folder into a single file and send me an e-mail, attaching this ZIP file. If you have any comments about problems you encountered in writing the program, or things you learned, put these in the body of the e-mail.