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Posted by Ian Z
Ian Z
14,584 Points

Computer Science homework is the most ridiculous kind of homework there is!!

With homework your supposed to be able to go back and forth between a book and resources and eventually you'll be able to figure something out.

But Computer Science homework like "Make a GUI hangman game" is pretty much impossible to do. 1) either you've been coding since age 5 and BOOM you can crank it out, or your a normal person and you cant even come close to doing it. Like you either get an A or an F there's no in between like most genres of homework like English or math.

Ian Z
Ian Z
14,584 Points

Its like if you took a beginner piano class and they expect you to play fantasia, but hell thatd be way easier than hangman games, at least you dont get stuck learning a piano song, you can work at it everyday and make progress, in coding you just hit brick walls youll never get past even if you spend 12 hours a day for a month

1 Answer

Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points
Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points

Just take it step by step. What language are you programming in. Google GUI tutorial in YourLangaugeHere, follow said tutorial. Pick a tutorial on a particular framework which looks like what you need (scan documentation and tutorials), follow said tutorial, find parts you can reuse for your project, build the raw base, hit a wall, google individual error and features you needs, find tutorials and stackoverflow questions, work through feature by feature, have terrible finished program, re-factor and improve code and visual GUI.

Sorry for the mental vomit but that is about my thought process when doing homework. If you have specific questions fire away and I will see what I can dig up.

Goodluck! --Ricky

PS. I have never seen a class throw someone off the deep-end like this.... How did you end up in this class?