Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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- Please contact Peter (cspeter@cse.ust.hk) sent by your ITSC email account (@ust.hk)
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Question: JUnit testing involves javafx component
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Unit testing should be done in non-GUI features (i.e. core.comp3111 package). We don’t need to run unit test on GUI related methods.
Question: Any sample CSV file? How csv files be tested?
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You can use Microsoft Excel or related software to create a csv file. No sample csv file is provided (as we don’t know which charts should be implemented by the teams).
In the peer acceptance test in the last lab, another team will be assigned to test your team’s system. However, the csv files will be prepared by your team. The other team can’t create new csv files.
Question: What is the difference between data filtering and data transformation? Do we need to pick one from each?
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Data filtering is the task of reducing the content of noise or errors from measured process data. Data transformation is the process of converting data or information from one format to another. In feature 5, the first 2 operations are data filtering techniques and the last 2 operations are data transformation techniques.
TWO types of Data Filtering and Transformation from the table refer to:
- Implement 1 filtering and 1 transformation OR
- Implement 2 filtering technqiues OR
- Implement 2 transformation techniques
Question: How many comparison operators in feature 5 - Filtering numeric data?
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Comparison operators are (>, >=, ==, <=, <, !=). However, if you implement one, the rest is very easy to implement. We expect teams to implement all of the above comparison operators.
Question: What to submit for the workload distribution in activity 1?
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It is just a simple table indicating how the features are assigned. In the Google Spreadsheet, I observe that not every group makes the feature assignment yet. We should finalise it in Activity 1. Once it is set in the activity 1, no further changes are allowed.
Question: Why implementation classes are included in the UML Lab?
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The UML lab is designed to help students learn the skills and tools to draw UML diagrams, but not the correctness of the UML diagrams. Given the problem domain, the correctness and appropriateness of drawing UML diagrams was thoroughly discussed in the lecture. In other words, please don’t regard the UML lab result as the sample solution of the Activity 1.
Question: What things and How to submit Activity 1/2?
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The submission details and deadlines can be found in Canvas. In short:
- each student needs to submit a PDF in Activity 1, and
- each team, represented by the team leader, needs to submit a private GithHub URL in Activity 2
Question: Any format for meeting minutes and Gantt chart?
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- Meeting minutes: A template is provided
- Gantt chart: It is flexible to use any tool (e.g. Excel, other online tools, …) to draw a Gantt chart, which is just a variation of bar chart. Suggestion: x-axis (date), y-axis (tasks/sub-tasks), bars with 3 different colors representing 3 different team members
Question: About Animated Chart.
Should we use one of the two decided charts and make it into an animation? Or should we put animated chart as a separate generalization for a chart class?
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There is no restriction. Teams can decide to implement multiple separated chart classes, or a generalized chart class with multiple subclasses, or an animate method in a chart.
Question: About Data Filtering and Transformation
Do we only need to implement 2 out of the given 4 algorithms?
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Yes. Select any 2 out of the 4 algorithms in the table.
Question: GitHub education account
GitHub rejects our application due to the reason that it cannot verify our academic status. How to solve it?
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You may use a personal email account to create a GitHub account. Check the following items:
- Visit the “GitHub email settings page” and add your ITSC email
- You are expected to receive a verification email. Please click verify in that email.
- After that, you can go back to GitHub Education and re-apply.
Question: Attribute visibility
For the COMP3111 Project activity 1(UML diagram), do we have to show the visibility for each attributes (i.e. +, #, - next to the attributes of classes)?
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Class attributes and operations should be included. Example in slide 15-16, UML Modeling 1 lecture
Question: Assignment 1 submission detail
Does it mean that UML class diagram(and use-case) for each member has to be different or all the members are expected to submit the same work?
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The UML class/use-case diagram can be the same, or can be different. It won’t count as plagiarism as the diagrams are agreed by the whole team. In any case, assignment 1 is an individual assessment.