GRADE 12
JAVA MATERIAL FOR GRADE 12 STUDENTS
Gr 11 – Rounding off
Being able to round a real number (double number) in Java off to a certain number of decimal places will be required in both the grade 11 and 12 practical exams. NOTE: When rounding off using these String based methods the accuacy of the origial number does not...
Gr 12 – The Law
The South Africa SAGS (syllabus) for IT specifically mentions 4 pieces of legislation in the Social and Ethical Issues part of the syllabus. Here below is a overview of each taken from Google . . . The Protection from Harassment Act This provides a legal remedy for...
GR 11 12 – GUI design
In your practical Java coding projects attention must be given to GUI design. This is not only important for appearance but because a badly designed interface is prone to user errors. Appearance - Colour. Your GUIs should have a primary colour, a secondary colour and...
Gr 11 Elegant Code
Elegant Java code is a thing. Ask any straight-A coding student who has tried to help a non-performing class mate. "Bad" code is difficult to understand. By contrast elegant code is easy, quick and a breeze to troubleshoot. So what makes elegant code? It starts with...
Gr 12 – Theory revision 2
Once you know your IT theory work, then it is time to move over to the summary theory cheat sheet followed by the category cheat sheet. Use the "summary cheat sheet version 21" 12 hours before the exam. Concentrate on the content and the definitions. Click here Use...
Gr 12 – Theory revision
IT Theory revision, overviews and cheatsheets for your IEB Theory tests and exams. NB: These are cheatsheets - they are most useful when you have studied your work thoroughly from a more detailed text book already. Forty IT terms you need to know. Theory key concepts...
Installing Java NetBeans jGRASP
Java is maintained and developed by Oracle NOTE: Do not install onto a laptop that is FULL of movies and games. You hard drive must not be more than 70% full. Delete . . . Apple is not recommended because the textbooks, tutorials and notes are all based on a Windows...
Gr 12 – OOP prelim practice
.Here is an OOP practical practice exercise called Big Claw Adventures. The solution requires 4 classes - a UI class, a manager class, a parent class and a child class Follow the four steps. Answer the 14 questions. Mark your own work from the provided solutions....
Gr 11 – Switch Case
Complex "if-then-else" statements are needed when there are many options e.g. consider all the options in a menu. Fortunately, there is a better way when a lot of options are needed i.e. the "Switch-Case-Break" construct. It works exactly the same as "if-else" but its...
Gr 12 OOP theory prac notes
Here are Java OOP theory summary notes and Java OOP practical notes. These notes are not my own but were given to me by one of my students so I do not know who the original author is OOP theory OOP practical
IEB Information Technology Tutor (Matric) South Africa