For both sections the final will be on Tuesday 3/17 from 8pm to 11:30pm. It will be a take-home exam so you can do it anywhere you want, and you may even work together, but just like for the homework assignments, we draw the line of cheating at the code level - sharing code is considered cheating, and all parties involved (i.e. the ones who provide code and the ones who copy code) will received F for the class.

In the final you'll be asked to implement some new functions in CSNS2. You should get familiar with the Section and the Enrollment class as well as the instructor's home page which can be accessed from the top menu Home -> Instructor.

For the exam you should work on an unmodified copy of CSNS2 checked out from the Subversion repository at svn://sun.calstatela.edu/csns2/trunk. To submit your work, you'll need to create a zip file of the project folder and upload it to CSNS. The zip file should include everything in the project folder except the target and the test-output folder. In particular:

• The .svn folder should be included. Without this folder you may not receive any partial credit as I need to use "svn status" and "svn diff" to locate your changes.
• The size of the file should be about 2-3MB. If your file is too big or too small, you are doing something wrong.
• Only zip file will be accepted, i.e. no rar or other format.
• If you work at home, leave enough time at the end to upload the file because the upload speed of your home network may not be as fast as the campus network.
• If you miss the deadline and can't upload to CSNS, you can email the file to me, but your email must reach my inbox by 11:35PM - no submission will be accepted after that.

During the exam I'll be available online (by email and in the class forum) to answer any questions you have regarding the problem description. I will not answer any design, coding or debugging questions. You may ask those questions in the forum, but do not post any code - doing so will be considered cheating and you'll get an F for that. Also be aware that helping out your fellow students means raising the grade curve which may affect your own grade.

No, there are no office hours in the finals week.

Yuan-Yu wrote:

Hello,

For the zip file, should we also pack .settings, .classpath, and .project?

Thank you for your answer.

No, but you can include them if it's more convenient.

lmann2 wrote:

For the exam you should work on an unmodified copy of CSNS2.

So, this instruction is very clear, but are we allowed to make any notes or comments in the code before the exam?   This is the only way that I know how to study for this exam. 

Sure.

Prof, do we need to make the zip file with maven package or other zip making tool such as 7zip? Or both are accepted?

Another question:

You have mentioned that "The .svn folder should be included." Does it mean that we have to sync and commit it to our svn before submitting . After that make the zip and then submit?

Okey! So does the .svn folder generates automatically as I work on the project in Eclipse? & I just need to make sure not to exclude it while making the zip? I may sound ignorant but actually I've never particularly looked for it during homeworks. So, just wondering!

Thanks!