CIS 790           LATTC         PROF. AUCIELLO

Questions for "Programming Art"


Art Questions.
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1.  How many combinations of colors are there in the
    RGB system?   

1b. Explain why.


2.  What happens to a yellow foreground on a yellow background?
    Explain.

                  red  gre  blue
3.  If a color is 240, 176, 100, what color when added to it
    will create "black" (the sum of all colors)?

    Explain 'complentary' colors.


4.  What does "hue" mean?



5.  If   RED   ranges from  Brown to Pink, what does

         BLUE  range  from  _____ to ____  and

         GREEN .....  ....  _____ .. ____.


6.  Look up "electromagnetic spectrum".  What is the
    range of visible colors?  Is it in the same order
    as a "rainbow"?


7.  How do colors 'complement' each other?

    Why do certain colored clothes look good on you?

    What colors look good on you?

    What is the math relationship between those colors,
    and the your color?


8.  For a screen background,  my favorite color is  ___________
    
    express in  r-g-b terms.

    Favorite foreground colors is ___________________.


9.  What color is soothing to you?


10. What color is the easiest to look at ____________
    Mine is rich, dark blues.


11. When you solve a problem, do you use "imagination"
    or use a "mathematical" approach?


12. What is the relationship between "Art" and "Science"?
    In what ways do they support each other.


13. How can you create a shadow?


14. What color text on what color background makes it 
    easiest for you to read?


15. Can you think of ways to relate colors to musical sounds?


16. Aren't you glad that you can fire neurons from both sides!


17. In what ways is programming -- the coding, the design,
    the structure -- an art form?


18. How do art and science combine to create "master" works?
    Give archectural, musical, poetic examples.

Programming Questions:

1.  How many possible colors can you have on a screen
    in how many possible locations?


2.  When counting in computer math, do you start at 0 or 1?
    Explain.


3.  How does having nested loops ensure that all color
    possibilities can be displayed?


4.  In the program, what happens when a foreground colors
    has been clicked, then the <Enter> key is pressed?
    (Find out how the colors increment and change.)


5.  How are invalid color entries trapped and corrected?



6.  What does "catch" do?



7.  Do Netscape/Explorer contain a Java Interpreter - Compiler?
    Explain.


8.  What is a "global" vs. a "local" variable?


9.  When defined inside a method, is it global or local?
    Explain.


10. If  || represents  "or", what represents  "and"?


11. What has the highest priority -- Formatting, Structure, Design,
    Coding, Documentation?


12. Name two ways to "trace" output?


13. Is there a difference between  X103.JAV  and  x103.java?
    Explain.


14. After compiling  x103.java, I get   x103.class
    Is  'x103.class' a fully independent, stand-alone,
    linked executable object?  (Tricky question)
    Explain.

    Does it needs access to its libraries to run?


15. Can you reverse compile a class object?


16. What advantages are there in using Java instead of JavaScript
    for Web Page Programming?  (applets)


17. What other languages can be used to write web programs (applets)?


18. Can Java handle "live video" and music?


19. Does the paint method (routine) run continuously?


20. Go get yourself a cup of Java, add frozen yogurt, and
    treat yourself to "capuchino", and think about a programming
    language that has can operate as a traditional structured
    language, that has immense formatting capablilies, error-trapping,
    color and pixel manipulation, and -- best of all -- can allow
    you to web-publish your programs and output!  

    Best of all, based on this pithy incrementing of your knowledge,
    go show me what you can do?

    email me:   auci@cnmnetwork.com 


Joseph Auciello
Simi Valley
Sat.Aug.14.1999