5 questions that may help to study for the midterm (but maybe not)

Q1:  What equivalence relations hold for an “object.equals” method?

Reflexivity, Symmetry, Transitivity

Q2:  What are the two primary purposes of Code Review?

• To ensure efficiently quality of the code that is being released
• To learn when and how to apply techniques that will improve the codes quality, consistency and maintainability.

Q3:  Write a simple Robocode program that would make your robot move forward 50 pixels, spin around in a circle and then stop.

simpleRobot extends robot{

while(true){

ahead(50);

turnRight(360);

stop();

}

}

Q4:  Name four available checks that checkstyle can implement, and what they do.

1. Empty Block - checks for empty blocks of code
2. illegal type - checks that particular class are never used
3. Indention - checks correct indentation of code
4. LineLength - checks for long lines

Q5: Name 3 suggestions/reasons from the reading over why you should use Git rather than SVN

• Git is distributed and delivers a complete copy of the history of the project, and in this way can be more efficient than svn
• It is faster and easier to create branches
• you can commit changes in stages