Frank Sween

Took your advice, reduced it to one page



Would you call me up for an interview or throw this in the bin?

Thanks for the tips , I will try shorten it to one page this evening, maybe by changing layout, adding bullet points, font size etc..

One question though, I have included a college course which I did not finish, multimedia. Is it a good idea to include this or not? does it convey that I wasnt able to finish it, or would the employer look at the 3 year gap between secondary school and my current course and wonder why nothing was included if I left it out?

also, yes I have a separate CV for games development, have to do a few things to my portfolio before I start sending that one out though

I am currently looking for an internship or just some work experience (difference?) in software development. If somebody could have a look at my CV please and tell me if its awful / what changes to make before I apply.

you guys are great

im in a little over my head though i was hoping for a quick easy fix but now i see its not so simple to do in 5 hours ( i need sleep and ive been working different parts of this project since i last posted about 7 hours ago)

thanks anyway i will look into your solutions tomorow

this might be simple/ might not be simple

the assignment is to make an mp3 player with a folder full of mp3's that the player will be able to access and play mp3s from it. I have it working fine in that it gets the filepath of the mp3's and isable to play them just fine...


The problem I am envisioning is that the filepath that I have hardcoded into my code will only work from my computer, when I hand the project up TOMORROW , it will not work on my lecturers computer when he is marking it.

String sFile = new String("F:\\Eclipse\\eclipse_workspace\\MyTunes v2.1\\myTune_v2_1\\mp3s\\" + filePath);

This filepath is my memory stick (Where I have eclipse installed) , its in 'MyTunes v2.1' project folder, 'myTune_v2_1' package,,, this is where the classes are and the 'mp3s' folder is in same place.


When I hand it up TOMORROW , the filepath will be wrong but I am handing up the whole project folder so I am hoping there is a way I can just put \\mp3s\\" +filePath); ,,, but I have tried this and it doesnt work.


Any help is greatly appreciated and a quick reply is even more so , as I have already said I have to hand this up in 12 hours time.

This is Kevin Sweeney, Entertainment Systems, WIT.


(sorry for bump)

Hey thanks for reply,

yea my major consideration is good marks, just starting programming and liking it..
So I went and made a 'Card' class and it works but...... I have a feeling my code is kindof bloated and im trying to cut down on the amount of code (this is what lecturers are telling us to do),

heres what I have so far, this is my Calculator class
import acm.program.*; import java.util.ArrayList; public class Calculator extends ConsoleProgram { private ArrayList<Card> cards; Card card1 = new Card(1); Card card2 = new Card(2); Card card3 = new Card(3); Card card4 = new Card(4); Card card5 = new Card(5); Card card6 = new Card(6); /** * Constructor for objects of class Calculator */ public Calculator() { cards= new ArrayList<Card>(); } public void addToCards() { for(int i=0;i<64;i++) { if((i % 2) == 1) { card1.numbers.add(i); } if((i % 4)==2 || (i%4) == 3) { card2.numbers.add(i); } if((i%8)>=4 && (i%8)<=7) { card3.numbers.add(i); } if((i%16)>=8 && (i%16)<=15) { card4.numbers.add(i); } if((i>=16 && i<=31) || (i>=48)) { card5.numbers.add(i); } if(i>=32) { card6.numbers.add(i); } } } public void mainMenu() { int answer = 0; printCard1(); println("------------------"); printCard2(); println("------------------"); printCard3(); println("------------------"); printCard4(); println("------------------"); printCard5(); println("------------------"); printCard6(); println("------------------"); println("\n Pick a number from any card. Do not tell me. Write it down. When you have picked your number press y."); String picked = readLine(); if(picked.equals("y")) { clear(); printCard1(); println("\n Is Your number on this card? (y/n)"); String card1Ans = readLine(); if(card1Ans.equals("y")) { answer+=card1.numbers.get(0); } clear(); printCard2(); println("\n Is Your number on this card? (y/n)"); String card2Ans = readLine(); if(card2Ans.equals("y")) { answer+=card2.numbers.get(0); } clear(); printCard3(); println("\n Is Your number on this card? (y/n)"); String card3Ans = readLine(); if(card3Ans.equals("y")) { answer+=card3.numbers.get(0); } clear(); printCard4(); println("\n Is Your number on this card? (y/n)"); String card4Ans = readLine(); if(card4Ans.equals("y")) { answer+=card4.numbers.get(0); } clear(); printCard5(); println("\n Is Your number on this card? (y/n)"); String card5Ans = readLine(); if(card5Ans.equals("y")) { answer+=card5.numbers.get(0); } clear(); printCard6(); println("\n Is Your number on this card? (y/n)"); String card6Ans = readLine(); if(card6Ans.equals("y")) { answer+=card6.numbers.get(0); } clear(); } println(answer); } /** * print card methods */ public void printCard1() { println("Card : 1"); for(int i=0;i<card1.numbers.size();i++) { print(card1.numbers.get(i)+" "); if((i%8)==7) { print("\n"); } } } public void printCard2() { println("Card : 2"); for(int i=0;i<card2.numbers.size();i++) { print(card2.numbers.get(i)+" "); if((i%8)==7) { print("\n"); } } } public void printCard3() { println("Card : 3"); for(int i=0;i<card3.numbers.size();i++) { print(card3.numbers.get(i)+" "); if((i%8)==7) { print("\n"); } } } public void printCard4() { println("Card : 4"); for(int i=0;i<card4.numbers.size();i++) { print(card4.numbers.get(i)+" "); if((i%8)==7) { print("\n"); } } } public void printCard5() { println("Card : 5"); for(int i=0;i<card5.numbers.size();i++) { print(card5.numbers.get(i)+" "); if((i%8)==7) { print("\n"); } } } public void printCard6() { println("Card : 6"); for(int i=0;i<card6.numbers.size();i++) { print(card6.numbers.get(i)+" "); if((i%8)==7) { print("\n"); } } } public void run() { addToCards(); mainMenu(); } }

And here is my Card class
import java.util.ArrayList; /** * Write a description of class Card here. * * @author (your name) * @version (a version number or a date) */ public class Card { private int cardNo; public ArrayList<Integer> numbers; public Card(int c) { this.cardNo = c; numbers = new ArrayList<Integer>(); } public int getCardNo() { return cardNo; } public void setCardNo(int cardNo) { this.cardNo = cardNo; } }

What i want to know is any way of lessening this code? Is there a way I can get rid of all those separate printCard*() methods?

again any help is greatly appreciated

OKay so i have assignment called mystery calculator, it seems simple enough but im stuck on how to arrange it..
What initially has to be done is that i have 6 'cards' populated with a series of numbers which cant be hardcoded ..

what i have so far is
import acm.program.*; import java.util.ArrayList; /** * * * @author * @version */ public class Calculator extends ConsoleProgram { private ArrayList<Integer> card1; private ArrayList<Integer> card2; private ArrayList<Integer> card3; private ArrayList<Integer> card4; private ArrayList<Integer> card5; private ArrayList<Integer> card6; /** * Constructor for objects of class Calculator */ public Calculator() { card1 = new ArrayList<Integer>(); card2 = new ArrayList<Integer>(); card3 = new ArrayList<Integer>(); card4 = new ArrayList<Integer>(); card5 = new ArrayList<Integer>(); card6 = new ArrayList<Integer>(); } public void addToCards() { for(int i=0;i<64;i++) { if((i % 2) == 1) { card1.add(i); } if((i % 4)==2 || (i%4) == 3) { card2.add(i); } if((i%8)>=4 && (i%8)<=7) { card3.add(i); } if((i%16)>=8 && (i%16)<=15) { card4.add(i); } if((i>=16 && i<=31) || (i>=48)) { card5.add(i); } if(i>=32) { card6.add(i); } } }

My Question is: should i have a separate class called Card and instantiate the 6 arraylists there? or should i have one arraylist in a Card class and one araylist in Calculator class and somehow do it like that? im new to this and relly could do with some help much appreciate