Notes on Projetc 1, Phase 3
1) Test cases
2) UML

A good set of test cases for Project 1
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If these tests work, I am reasonably sure your game works.

Please read these over carefully. I expect your own test cases
will improve over this term.

Note on testing: 3 tests of things that vary is a standard rule of 
thumb. It is a common math proof technique to do the base case 
(first test) and 2 more and be able to conclude the other tests work 
too. Therefore I'll test board sizes of 5,6,and 10.

What's being tested	 Test data	Expected Results
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1) display of board     size 5          display has a 5x5 size
                        prob .5         and board size stays 5x5
                        3 gens          for each gen shown
					@ _ @ _ @
                                        _ _ _ @ _
                                        @ @ _ _ @  The contents
                                        @ @ _ _ @  of the board
                                        @ @ _ _ @  may change as gens
                                        @ _ @ _ _  go by it will
					_ _ @ _ @  use @ for alive
					@ _ @ _ @  and _ for dead
                                        _ _ _ @ _  the whole time.
                                        @ @ _ _ @
								
                                        @ _ @ _ _
					_ _ @ _ @
			  	        @ _ @ _ @
                                        _ _ _ @ _
                                        @ @ _ _ @
								
2) board size
   size 5              display has a 5x5 size
                    prob .5             @ _ @ _ _
                    0 gens              _ _ @ _ @
					@ _ @ _ @
                                        _ _ _ @ _
                                        @ @ _ _ @

                    size 6              display has a 6x6 size
                    prob .5             @ _ @ _ _ @
                    0 gens              _ _ @ _ @ _
                                        @ _ @ _ @ _
                                        _ _ _ @ _ _
                                        @ @ _ _ @ _
                                        _ _ _ @ _ _ 
                                                 
                    size 10			 display has a 10x10
                    size
                    any prob            @ _ @ _ _ @ _ _ @ _
                    any gens            _ _ @ _ @ _ _ _ @ _
                                        @ _ @ _ @ _ _ _ @ _
                                        _ _ _ @ _ _ _ _ @ _
                                        @ @ _ _ @ _ _ _ @ _
                                        _ _ _ @ _ _ @ @ @ @
                                        @ _ @ _ @ _ _ _ @ _
                                        _ _ _ @ _ _ _ _ @ _
                                        @ @ _ _ @ _ _ _ @ _
                                        _ _ _ @ _ _ @ @ @ @

3) initial prob		prob 0		Completely  dead board
			size 5		_ _ _ _ _
			0 gens          _ _ _ _ _
					_ _ _ _ _
					_ _ _ _ _
					_ _ _ _ _

			prob .5		Random 1/2 live, 1/2 dead
			board size 5    _ @ _ _ _
			0 gens          _ @ _ _ @  you will not
					_ _ @ _ _  see this 
					@ _ _ _ @  exact board
					_ _ _ @ _  filling
									
			prob 1		Completely live board 
			size 5		@ @ @ @ @
			0 gens		@ @ @ @ @
					@ @ @ @ @
					@ @ @ @ @
					@ @ @ @ @
					
3) generation update
     size 5, prob .5, any gens
     
			   alive cell, 2-3 neighbors	Cell alive next
                           
			   alive cell, 0-1 neighbors    Cell dead next
                           
    Note: no board         alive cell, 4-8 neighbors    Cell dead next
    wrapping. The only                       
    available neighbors    dead cell, 0-2 neighbors	Cell dead next
    actually touch the                       
    cell.                  dead cell, 3 neighbors       Cell alive next
                           
                           dead cell, 4-8 neighbors     Cell dead next
                           
4) end of game		   size 5, prob .5, 4 gens	See 5 board displays
							Gen 0 and 4 more

			   size 5, prob 0, 4 gens	See 1 board. Stops
							after blank board

			   size 5, prob 1, 10 gens	See a few
							boards then
							stops on 
							blank board.

The second reason to stop the game was optional.

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UML

Although Violet gives you the shell of a UML with member data and 
method names. It leaves out some important things. You must add the 
type of each member data. It would be even better to show 
public/private (+/-)

BAD			GOOD			BETTER
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size			int size                - int size
board			Board board		- Board board
cells			boolean[][] cells	- boolean[][] cells

You also need a return type, and parameter types for your 
methods. Even better is a note for public/private.

BAD			BETTER
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isAlive			- boolean isAlive()
foo			+ void foo(int, String[])

If you have static or final things, you should look up the proper 
way to express that in UML.