Assignment: Write a research paper that contains the following:

1. Discuss the visual assets such as charts, interactive controls, and annotations that will occupy space in your work.
2. Discuss the best way to use space in terms of position, size, and shape of every visible property.
3. Data representation techniques that display overlapping connections also introduce the need to contemplate value sorting in the z-dimension, discuss which connections will be above and which will be below and why. Show example using any chart or diagram of your choice.

Your research paper should be at least 3 pages (800 words) excluding cover page and reference page.  It should be double-spaced, have at least 2 APA references, and typed in Times New Roman 12 font. Include a cover page and a table of content.

POS 409 (Net II)

Week 1 DQ 1:

Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

 

Based on the SkillSoft® reading, “C# and the CLR,” how does C# fit into the .NET framework?
What are the advantages of the Common Language Runtime in .NET?

 Ref: Article: “A comparative view of C#”

 http://genamics.com/developer/csharp_comparative.htm

Week 1 DQ 2

Please post your answers in this thread.

DQ 2 : Provide an answer to the following questions:

(a)    You are analyzing the validity of a user input entered via a Textbox to populate an integer variable, provide the C# code that will populate the variable with a valid value.

(b)   What will happen in above scenario, if the user input is not an integer?

(c)   Does the string variable name Point of Sale is a valid name?

 

Ref: Starting Out with Visual C#, Chapter 3

Week 1 Assignment:

 

POS 409 Week 1 Individual Pet’s Name.

Week 2

Week 2 DQ 1:

Please post your answers in this thread.

DQ 1  : Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

(a)   Create an example of a nested IF structure and build it into a small project. Compile and execute the program, and discuss any challenges you encountered. Post the code of the program.

(b)   Think of an example associated with your work or hobbies in which a sequential data file would be useful. Create a project that includes reading from or writing to that file using a repetition structure. Post the code for your solution as an attached zip file.

Consider keeping a copy of your project for future employment purposes.

Ref: Decision Structures, Chapter 4, “Starting Out with Visual C#”
        Using Files for Data Storage, Chapter 5, page 289, “Starting Out with Visual C#”

Week 2 DQ 2:

DQ 2 After reading the Lecture and the References in this question:

Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

 

(a)   The XAML expression {Binding Path:Name} means that the control is data bound to the property Name which is available from the specified DataContext.

If you have a textbox that you want bound to a Property called Price in the specified DataContext,

How will you write the XAML code for the textbox?

(b)   Write the XAML code to specify a Collection Data Source for a Collection named ResidenceList.

This source should be available for all items in a Window.

Ref: Data Binding in WPF

 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163299.aspx

         Data Binding, the WPF Way

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/abhijitc/archive/2008/01/28/data-binding-the-wpf-way.aspx

Week 2 Assignment:

Learning Team C Project Kudler Fine Foods Inventory Management Systems

POS 409 Week 2 Individual Dice Simulation.

                                                                                 

                                                                                  Week 3

Week 3 DQ 1:

Please post your answers in this thread.

After completing the Reading Assignments and the Lecture, please post a reply message in Main to :

 DQ 1  :

    Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

 (a)   Explain what is meant by value type and reference type objects in C#. Explain the differences, providing an example of each. Write the code for an example of each. Develop your examples, instead of using examples from the textbook or the Internet.  

Ref: Visual C# 2010, Chapter 4, page 118

(b) Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

 What are the differences between a list and an array? Provide an example in which one would be more appropriate than the other. Explain why.

Ref: Visual C#2010, Chapter 8, page 280, “Arrays”

        Starting Out with Visual C#, page 562, “Storing Class Type Objects in Arrays and Lists”

        Starting Out with Visual C#2010, pages 444-450, “The List Collection”

Week 3 DQ 2:

Please post your answers in this thread.
After reading the material in the noted references and the Lecture:

DQ 2 :

Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

(a)   What are the advantages of separating logic from presentation?

Ref: The Model-View-ViewModel Pattern

        http://www.wpftutorial.net/MVVM.html

(b)   What are the differences between using the Dispatcher synchronously and asynchronously?

(c)   Provide a code example for each case

Ref: Build more responsive Applications with the Dispatcher

   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163328.aspx

Week 3 Assignment:

Team C ProjectKudler Fine Foods Inventory Management Systems (Solution Milestone)

POS 409 Week 3 Individual Binary Search Program or Dice Program

Week 4

Week 4 DQ 1:

Please post your answers in this thread.

DQ 1 :

Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

 (a)   Explain generics in C#. What are reasons for using generics? How do generics apply to collections? Write the code for a small example using C# code.

  Ref: Chapter 7, Starting Out with Visual C#, pages 444 to 455.

     (b) Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

 Provide an example in which polymorphism would be useful. Write the code for the example. Explain its use of polymorphism using C# code.

Ref: Chapter 10, Starting Out with Visual C#, page 599.

Week 4 DQ 2:

DQ 2  :

Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

(a)   What Event is raised when the class implements the INotifyPropertyChanged interface?

(b)   How does the IDataErrorInfo interface triggers the display of the error message from a bound textbox ?

Provide the XAML code needed for a textbox bound to the Classification property of the Fireman class shown in this Lecture’s code example.

 Ref: ValidationwithWPF project posted under Course Materials

       How to use IDataErrorInfo

http://tarundotnet.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/wpf-tutorial-how-to-use-idataerrorinfo-in-wpf/

Week 4 DQ Assignments:

Kudler Fine Foods Inventory Management Systems (VB vs C# Pro’s & Con’s)

POS 409 Week 4 Individual Inheritance.

Week 5

Week 5 DQ 1:

DQ 1 : Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

(a)What professional organizations might you join, and websites might you visit, that would provide insight into a career that includes responsibility for programming? Explain your choices.

(b) Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

Compare and contrast database connectivity in VB® and C#. If you studied database connectivity in Java®, include Java® in the comparison. In which language do you find it easiest to implement a connection to a database? Why?

Week 5 DQ 2:

Please post your answers in this thread.

DQ 2 : Watch the following videos before you attempt an answer:

ADO.Net Connected for Beginners – Part 1 Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koYk3zHQnG8

 

ADO.Net Connected for Beginners – Part 2 Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwdedptaou0

 

ADO.Net Connected for Beginners – Part 3 Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkpNVNyYFoM

Week 5 Assignments:

Team C Final ProjectKudler Fine Foods Inventory Management Systems (Learning Team Language)

POS 409 Week 5 Individual Database Connection

 

You are assigned a project to evaluate higher education student aid data from the U.S. government to answer the following questions:

· Which schools generate the highest amount of debt for the average student who attends?

· What is the employment rate for the students who graduate from this school?

You will complete this project through weekly Individual Assignments. Each weekly assignment builds on previous assignments.

This week, you will complete an initial review of the data and prepare an initial database schema and data discrepancy recommendation.

Download the following spreadsheets or CSV files:

· School Code List

· Most current spreadsheets for Loan Volume, Grant Volume, and Campus-Based Volume

· Gainful Employment Information

Develop a database schema diagram based on the data tables you downloaded in Microsoft® Visio® that includes:

· The identification of metadata that needs to be included in each table

· Annotation of the diagram to identify where there may be schematic discrepancies between the data sources

Summarize your recommendations for resolving anticipated discrepancies and identify which strategy you would use to validate the data quality in a Microsoft® Word document.

Note: You will use the downloaded files and your drafted schema in the Week Two Individual Assignment titled, “U.S. Student Aid Database Schema and Query Recommendations.”