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Re: exercism bowling challenge

by Roelof Wobben

> > As the other Richard seemed to suggest, this isn't an object rich > problem. It's largely a question of how to implement an algorithm. > > Working examples on paper will help with internalising how to do it. > Oops, and I thinking of a solution with 3Â classes. the given class a class Frame which is responsibility is to convert the numbers into frames and validate it a class ScoreBoard which is responsibility is too calculate the score Roelof

Sept. 25, 2020

Re: exercism bowling challenge

by Richard Sargent

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 18:08 Sean P. DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com> wrote: > Richard O'Keefe wrote > > there is obviously no unique "right" factoring of this problem into > > classes. > > This. And, in my experience, with non-trivial problems, some (many?) times > you just have to try to implement an idea to see if it's really going to > work because it's just too hard to see all the way into the future. > It's hard to see the future, but there are tricks to help. For something like this, work out a few games on paper. Get a sense of how the numbers play together. Then, anthropomorphise the problem. Imagine yourself to be a film director or some other kind of manager. You don't want to do the work; that's what your staff is for. Who do you need to train to do the work? How many jobs are there to do? Can multiple people doing the same task get the job done faster? Ultimately, the job of a programmer is to delegate the work to others, and to teach them how to do their jobs. That teaching part is actually writing code. The different people doing different tasks correspond to the objects in in an OO solution. As the other Richard seemed to suggest, this isn't an object rich problem. It's largely a question of how to implement an algorithm. Working examples on paper will help with internalising how to do it. > > > ----- > Cheers, > Sean > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >

Sept. 25, 2020

Re: exercism bowling challenge

by Sean P. DeNigris

Richard O'Keefe wrote > there is obviously no unique "right" factoring of this problem into > classes. This. And, in my experience, with non-trivial problems, some (many?) times you just have to try to implement an idea to see if it's really going to work because it's just too hard to see all the way into the future. ----- Cheers, Sean -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html

Sept. 25, 2020

Re: exercism bowling challenge

by Roelof Wobben

Sept. 24, 2020

Re: exercism bowling challenge

by Richard O'Keefe

Since the problem can be solved, and has been solved, in programming languages that do not support object-oriented programming, there is obviously no unique "right" factoring of this problem into classes. I'll be honest with you: this is the only Pharo exercism I have not tackled, and the reason is that I just found the problem specification too ugly to care about. I had better get over that. The two primary difficulties are (a) the game is described one ROLL at a time, but scored one FRAME at a time. (b) the rolls are recorded from past to future, but the score can only be calculated from future to past. The fact that there may be one extra roll at the end which is not technically part of any of the 10 frames is just icing on the cake. But this is *algorithmic* trickiness, not *world model* trickiness. Let's imagine a Frame class. - You get the first roll of the frame. Fewer than 10 pins are knocked down. You cannot complete initialising the Frame yet. - All 10 pins are knocked down. You cannot determine the *score* of the frame yet. This casts some doubt on the idea of the score being part of the state of the frame. The score actually depends on the next two THROWS (rolls), not the next frame or the next two frames. This casts much doubt on the idea of the concept "frame" being useful for the analysis. At the very least, you will need to manipulate BOTH frames AND throws (rolls). It looks as though a Frame class may just make things harder. Since the only thing there is to know about a Throw is how many pins were knocked down, it doesn't look as though a Throw class is much use either. This leaves us with a BowlingGame class that just keeps tracks of rolls and then runs a moderately complex algorithm when it is asked for the score. Long past my bed-time or I would get stuck into it. On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 23:53, Roelof Wobben via Pharo-users < pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > Op 24-9-2020 om 13:42 schreef DavidBajger: > > Hi Roelof, > > I always wonder, what kind of answer you expect from your prior > statement. > > To your question: "Can this plan be working or is there improvements to > this > > plan." I can have this answer: Yes, it could be both: working or fail, > but > > you don't know before you try. > > > > This exercise is a bit tricky: > > 1) I can recommend to use also LastFrame class, which has specific > handling > > of bonuses in last round of game (subclass of Frame). Bowling game can be > > then initialized with array 9 Frame instances and last instance could be > > LastFrame. I used specific test methods on frame classes like: > > #isFrameComplete, #isLastFrame, #isSpare, #isStrike, #isOpen. > > 2) Beware that Bowling game should know only necessary things and > delegate > > responsibility to its frames. Game itself knows that only if all frames > are > > completed, game ends. > > 3) Total score is sum of all throws+bonuses of individual frames, etc. > > > > Does it help to start with exercise? > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > David Bajger > > -- > > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html > > Thanks, > > Maybe I have to make it more clear. > What I trying to ask and what you have answered. Do I use the right > classes or too much classes there. > So if my idea of using these classes are right. > > What you wrote is what I had in mind with 2 classes but the idea of a > lastFrame could also be working. > and I also agree with you about the responsibilities of the classes. > > Roelof >

Sept. 24, 2020

Re: exercism bowling challenge

by Roelof Wobben

Op 24-9-2020 om 13:52 schreef Roelof Wobben via Pharo-users: > Op 24-9-2020 om 13:42 schreef DavidBajger: >> Hi Roelof, >> I always wonder, what kind of answer you expect from your prior >> statement. >> To your question: "Can this plan be working or is there improvements >> to this >> plan." I can have this answer: Yes, it could be both: working or >> fail, but >> you don't know before you try. >> >> This exercise is a bit tricky: >> 1) I can recommend to use also LastFrame class, which has specific >> handling >> of bonuses in last round of game (subclass of Frame). Bowling game >> can be >> then initialized with array 9 Frame instances and last instance could be >> LastFrame. I used specific test methods on frame classes like: >> #isFrameComplete, #isLastFrame, #isSpare, #isStrike, #isOpen. >> 2) Beware that Bowling game should know only necessary things and >> delegate >> responsibility to its frames. Game itself knows that only if all >> frames are >> completed, game ends. >> 3) Total score is sum of all throws+bonuses of individual frames, etc. >> >> Does it help to start with exercise? I forget to say it helpes meÂ to see if i m thinking the "right" way

Sept. 24, 2020

Re: exercism bowling challenge

by Roelof Wobben

Op 24-9-2020 om 13:42 schreef DavidBajger: > Hi Roelof, > I always wonder, what kind of answer you expect from your prior statement. > To your question: "Can this plan be working or is there improvements to this > plan." I can have this answer: Yes, it could be both: working or fail, but > you don't know before you try. > > This exercise is a bit tricky: > 1) I can recommend to use also LastFrame class, which has specific handling > of bonuses in last round of game (subclass of Frame). Bowling game can be > then initialized with array 9 Frame instances and last instance could be > LastFrame. I used specific test methods on frame classes like: > #isFrameComplete, #isLastFrame, #isSpare, #isStrike, #isOpen. > 2) Beware that Bowling game should know only necessary things and delegate > responsibility to its frames. Game itself knows that only if all frames are > completed, game ends. > 3) Total score is sum of all throws+bonuses of individual frames, etc. > > Does it help to start with exercise? > David > > > > > > ----- > David Bajger > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html Thanks, Maybe I have to make it more clear. What I trying to ask and what you have answered. Do I use the right classes or too much classes there. So if my idea of using these classes are right. What you wrote is what I had in mind with 2Â classes but the idea of a lastFrame could also be working. and I also agree with you about the responsibilities of the classes. Roelof

Sept. 24, 2020

Re: exercism bowling challenge

by DavidBajger

Hi Roelof, I always wonder, what kind of answer you expect from your prior statement. To your question: "Can this plan be working or is there improvements to this plan." I can have this answer: Yes, it could be both: working or fail, but you don't know before you try. This exercise is a bit tricky: 1) I can recommend to use also LastFrame class, which has specific handling of bonuses in last round of game (subclass of Frame). Bowling game can be then initialized with array 9 Frame instances and last instance could be LastFrame. I used specific test methods on frame classes like: #isFrameComplete, #isLastFrame, #isSpare, #isStrike, #isOpen. 2) Beware that Bowling game should know only necessary things and delegate responsibility to its frames. Game itself knows that only if all frames are completed, game ends. 3) Total score is sum of all throws+bonuses of individual frames, etc. Does it help to start with exercise? David ----- David Bajger -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html

Sept. 24, 2020

Re: exercism bowling challenge

by Roelof Wobben

Sept. 24, 2020

c# challenge in pharo

by Roelof Wobben

Sept. 23, 2020