Assignment writing!

We started off with the Small Basic tutorial. Today's tutorial was to make two numbers times with each other. The goal was to allow the user to add in their own numbers then it automatically works it out. This was a fun task and I managed to do both extensions and it worked so I was pleased with that.

After that we carried on working on assignment one. I was working on task one and I managed to finish it just before lunchtime. I had a few references left to do but I finished off them just after. Next off I moved onto task two (after the mind blowing start after lunch) I managed to get quite far with it and I have nearly finished it all. I will finish off task two tonight at home and I will start task three.

Now onto the mind blowing start after lunch! John showed us how to times two numbers together simple with just some lines and some simple adding. You first write the two numbers you are going to times. For example, 123 x 456. You first draw one line down then you move over a bit then draw two lines down then three lines down. Then with the second number you draw four lines across the bottom, then five and finally six. The next part really confused me and I got lost. You count where the lines cross over and it creates the answer. I failed at this task because I kept counting up all the lines wrong! But it did blow my mind on how you could do it.

Overall I am happy with the progress today and I am on track of getting assignment one in tomorrow. I am also getting more confident with my Small Basic programming and I can't wait to start the practical. Hopefully by then I will have more knowledge and I will even more confident with the coding.